From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Jan 31 12:33:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA10567 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:33:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from sendero.i-connect.net ([206.190.144.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA10550 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:33:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from shimon@localhost) by sendero.i-connect.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) id NAA15034; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:32:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1-alpha [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199701310337.TAA27509@root.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:35:48 -0800 (PST) Organization: iConnect Corp. From: Simon Shapiro To: dg@root.com Subject: Re: NewComer Questions... Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, Julian Elischer , David Greenman Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi David Greenman; On 31-Jan-97 you wrote: > The "-current" limit is 512 disk devices...sd0 through sd511. I plan to > bring this change into the 2.2 branch perhaps as early as tonight. I will switch over to -current once I gather the courage :-) The project needs to deliver in about 120 days. Should I target all work at 2.2, or 3.0. Cannot do it for -current. Right? > >When the initializing routines are running, are interrupts enabled? > > That's a difficult question. It depends on which version of FreeBSD and > what type of device (PCI/ISA) it is. Bruce might know the answer more > specifically. PCI, Version is at least 2.2-BETA. Maybe even 3.0? See above. > >Is the VM totally functional? > > Yes, the VM system is initialized prior to any device probes/attaches. > > > Can one sleep in the initializing? > > No, but you can DELAY(). Good. Thanx. FreeBSD appears to be a better O/S than most! Simon