[solved]: device atapicam on r240673

>> For years I have put 'device atapicam' in my kernel.  If my memory
>> serves my well, this was to assist with dvd recording.  I must have
>> missed something.  Is it now as simple as adding hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"
>> to /boot/loader.conf?
>
> atapicam is no longer needed after migration to CAM-based ATA stack. 
> hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" is also default value starting from about 2004.
>

Ah, yes- about my second year of FreeBSD.  All I recall is that 5.0 was 
released very shortly after my first install.

>> cc -c -O2 -frename-registers -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing  -std=c99 -g
>> -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes
>> -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual  -Wundef
>> -Wno-pointer-sign -fformat-extensions  -Wmissing-include-dirs
>> -fdiagnostics-show-option   -nostdinc  -I. -I/usr/src/sys
>> -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/altq -D_KERNEL -DHAVE_KERNEL_OPTION_HEADERS
>> -include opt_global.h -fno-common -finline-limit=8000 --param
>> inline-unit-growth=100 --param large-function-growth=1000
>> -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone -mno-mmx
>> -mno-sse -msoft-float  -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -ffreestanding
>> -fstack-protector -Werror  vers.c
>> ctfconvert -L VERSION -g vers.o
>> linking kernel.debug
>> atapi-cam.o: In function `atapi_action':
>> /usr/src/sys/dev/ata/atapi-cam.c:436: undefined reference to 
>> `ata_controlcmd'
>> /usr/src/sys/dev/ata/atapi-cam.c:651: undefined reference to 
>> `ata_queue_request'
>> *** [kernel.debug] Error code 1
>> 
>> Stop in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/D.
>> *** [buildkernel] Error code 1
>> 
>> Stop in /usr/src.
>> *** [buildkernel] Error code 1
>> 
>> Stop in /usr/src.
>> (132) _at_ 23:41:19>
>
> That is probably result of building atapicam together with option ATA_CAM, 
> that is at least useless combination.
>

Thank you, Alexander.

Darrel