On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Alexander Best wrote:
On Sun Apr 24 11, Alexander Motin wrote:
Author: mav
Date: Sun Apr 24 09:23:08 2011
New Revision: 220983
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/220983
Log:
Explicitly note that device numbers are starting from zero.
Modified:
head/UPDATING
Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING Sun Apr 24 08:58:58 2011 (r220982)
+++ head/UPDATING Sun Apr 24 09:23:08 2011 (r220983)
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.
removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
- where 'Y's are the sequential numbers for each type in order of
- detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables, see cam(4)).
+ where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
+ in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
+ see cam(4)).
maybe an extra sentence mentioning the fact that {geom,ufs}-labels and ufsids
are preferred over device nodes nowadays would be a good idea?
cheers.
alex
For those of us using a ZFS root pool built out of /dev/gpt/ devices, will
these automagically pick up the new names?
Dan
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