From owner-freebsd-current Sat May 22 10:48:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261A814D93 for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 10:48:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by phk.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA21185; Sat, 22 May 1999 19:48:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA05829; Sat, 22 May 1999 19:48:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "hanging root device to da0s1a" In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 May 1999 11:26:38 MDT." <199905221736.LAA08495@pluto.plutotech.com> Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 19:48:37 +0200 Message-ID: <5827.927395317@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199905221736.LAA08495@pluto.plutotech.com>, "Justin T. Gibbs" write s: >>Am I missing something here ? We shouldn't set the root device until >>CAM is done probing, right ? > >CAM has finished probing at this point, but it holds off on announcing >devices until it has all necessary info. The drives may need to >be spun up, etc. I believe the printf happens before the device has >been opened and CAM blocks in the open until the device is really >ready for service. I think we should hold off the rootdev determination until after the printfs, unless you tell me that this will delay the boot by many seconds in too many cases. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message