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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:48:48 +0200
From: Valentin Nechayev <netch@lucky.net>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata ata-disk.c
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Hello Bruce Evans! 

 Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 22:11:24, bde wrote about "Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata ata-disk.c": 

> If I had 512 channels (the maximum number of ad disks supported), it
> might be:
> 
>     hw.atamodes: dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,:-8,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dm!
 a,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,pio,dma,dma,dma,dma,dma,:-%,
> 
> Quick now, change the mode for ad345 (hint: it's probably not just the 345th
> element in the string).
> 
> Supporting this poor user interface isn't even easy for the driver -- it takes
> about 40 lines of code to translate the string.

You think it should be hw.isa0.ata172.slave.atamode, don't you?
(Followup please to -arch with subject "Re: dynamic vs static sysctls?",
please;)))


/netch


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