Author: kbowling (ports committer)
Date: Tue Oct  2 21:36:00 2018
New Revision: 339098
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/339098

Log:
  Use nda(4) on powerpc64
  
  Approved by:  re@ (kib), krion (mentor), imp
  Differential Revision:        https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17368

Modified:
  head/UPDATING
  head/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING       Tue Oct  2 21:20:45 2018        (r339097)
+++ head/UPDATING       Tue Oct  2 21:36:00 2018        (r339098)
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
        disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
        "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20181002:
+       The cam(4) based nda(4) driver will be used over nvd(4) by default on
+       powerpc64. You may set 'options NVME_USE_NVD=1' in your kernel conf or
+       loader tunable 'hw.nvme.use_nvd=1' if you wish to use the existing
+       driver.  Make sure to edit /boot/etc/kboot.conf and fstab to use the
+       nda device name.
+
 20180913:
        Reproducible build mode is now on by default, in preparation for
        FreeBSD 12.0.  This eliminates build metadata such as the user,

Modified: head/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64     Tue Oct  2 21:20:45 2018        
(r339097)
+++ head/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64     Tue Oct  2 21:36:00 2018        
(r339098)
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ device              siis            # SiliconImage 
SiI3124/SiI3132/SiI3531 S
 
 # NVM Express (NVMe) support
 device         nvme            # base NVMe driver
+options                NVME_USE_NVD=0  # prefer the cam(4) based nda(4) driver
 device         nvd             # expose NVMe namespaces as disks, depends on 
nvme
 
 # SCSI Controllers
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