Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 01:50:48 +0400 From: Igor Nikolaev <igor@pu.ru> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long IDE probes? Message-ID: <19981002015048.59321@pu.ru> In-Reply-To: <19980930111719.A28064@emsphone.com>; from Dan Nelson on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 11:17:19AM -0500 References: <22709.907166227@time.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809301205580.309-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> <19980930111719.A28064@emsphone.com>
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On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 11:17:19AM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 30), Alfred Perlstein said: > > why does it take a good 30sec at least to probe the IDE hardware? i > > have ATAPI in the kernel, except for that, the boot squence would be > > blazing fast. > > /sys/i386/isa/wd.c, around line 105. Change the TIMEOUT value from > 10000 to the 3000-4000 range. That'll cut the max IDE probe time from > 30 seconds down to like 10. 1. May be this parameter must be kernel option? 2. What about simple `ide` program (man 8 scsi analogous) for (test geometry, reprobe, initialize, wdcommand) and other test purposes? I use ide hot swap changer as fast backup device and similar program can very facilitate my life. Thanks, Igor Nikolaev To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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