Re: ahci in FreeBSD 9

On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 21:31:18 +0200
George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> From my understanding as of 20110424 revision device ahci has been
> integrated into kernel:
> 
> ----------------
> It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules, but
> option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
> module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device
> ata still can be used in modular fashion
> .......
> No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
> arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
> In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
>             options        ATA_CAM
>             device         ahci
> ----------------
> 
> Does this mean that loading ahci in loader.conf is useless ?
> 

No, I load mine from there.  It's not necessary to have "device ahci"
in your kernel config file since the module will be generated and
installed by default.

This is what I have
makeoptions     MODULES_OVERRIDE="ahci linux linprocfs msdosfs pseudofs"
...
#device         ahci

so it's obvious that I'm using only the module.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn