Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 06:43:11 -0500 (CDT) From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> To: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org Subject: Re: Suggestion on slow probing devices Message-ID: <199504051143.GAA03868@bonkers.taronga.com> In-Reply-To: <m0rwKc9-0004vtC@nemesis.lonestar.org> from "Frank Durda IV" at Apr 4, 95 09:14:00 pm
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> The solution was to create two probing passes. The system would > effectively call each devices' probe routine twice. How about generalizing it? If there's a big delay, have the probe return a flag saying "more work to do, call me again after you've asked everyone else". That way you could handle multi-stage delays, like with SCSI.
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