Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 01:13:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, (Julian Elischer) <julian@whistle.com> Subject: Re: buf struct & scsi disk IO availability. Message-ID: <XFMail.970930011359.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <199709300703.AAA16827@usr01.primenet.com>
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Hi Terry Lambert; On 30-Sep-97 you wrote: ... > SI_SUB_DRIVERS = 0x23000000, /* Let Drivers initialize */ > SI_SUB_CONFIGURE = 0x24000000, /* Configure devices */ > SI_SUB_VM_CONF = 0x38000000, /* config VM, set limits*/ > > This should mean "no". > > Probably the "probe" and the "attach" need to be seperated. Can you > live with attach time instead of probe time? I think if the answer > is "no", an architectural change is required. > > See /sys/sys/kernel.h and search for "SI_". > > If this is for a "registry" type mechanism, a BIOS-based I/O is not > out of the question, I think. There is always the posibility of issuing SCSI commands directly into static buffers, or even malloced one. I issue a number of SCSI command at init time from the DPT driver. Not disk i/o but scsi commands all the same. --- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.799.2313
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