> This bug was rendered moot via 6528732 in build
> snv_68 (and s10_u5).  We
> now store physical devices paths with the vnodes, so
> even though the
> SATA framework doesn't correctly support open by
> devid in early boot, we

But if I read it right, there is still a problem in SATA framework (failing 
ldi_open_by_devid,) right?
If this problem is framework-wide, it might just bite back some time in the 
future.

Ivan.

> can fallback to the device path just fine.  ZFS root
> works great on
> thumper, which uses the marvell SATA driver.
> 
> - Eric
> 
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 08:10:16AM +0000, Marc Bevand
> wrote:
> > I would like to test ZFS boot on my home server,
> but according to bug 
> > 6486493 ZFS boot cannot be used if the disks are
> attached to a SATA
> > controller handled by a driver using the new SATA
> framework (which
> > is my case: driver si3124). I have never heard of
> someone having
> > successfully used ZFS boot with the SATA framework,
> so I assume this
> > bug is real and everybody out there playing with
> ZFS boot is doing so
> > with PATA controllers, or SATA controllers
> operating in compatibility
> > mode, or SCSI controllers, right ?
> > 
> > -marc
> > 
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