Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:54:30 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r280799 - head/sys/dev/ath Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=X2goTD8rdOK=sbWTNGmeAb=ddcHb6Rz7OsfoEBT2jKA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2308891.2rLa0R7ktj@ralph.baldwin.cx> References: <201503282341.t2SNfOZc032386@svn.freebsd.org> <3261888.gflh0beI2v@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CAJ-VmonzmsDaWyZ_S=CORKY2t%2BLvpwvamhF1cwN5HKFyqnTyLw@mail.gmail.com> <2308891.2rLa0R7ktj@ralph.baldwin.cx>
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On 30 March 2015 at 13:32, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Monday, March 30, 2015 10:10:43 AM Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Yes, because it's before the dynamic hint stuff starts up. (kern.hintmode.) >> >> Hints don't show up in kenv on the mips boards until I set the sysctl >> to the "import them now!" setting. > > Everything in if_ath.c happens well after SYSINITs are going. Are you > explicitly forcing hintmode to 1 in your kernel config? At least on > x86 it always is zero and always pulls from kenv. > > If this is magic that config does when you have static hints, then why > not have init_dynamic_kenv() call into subr_hints.c to pull all the > static hints into the kenv right away? SI_SUB_KMEM is way, way before > any device drivers start doing anything. This is on MIPS and not on x86. And yes, I checked - both arge and ath probe/attach get called with no hints in kenv (ie, static hints) and I don't recall the hintmode being explicitly set in a config file. I'd love to make it work via hints calls; it'd significantly simplify things. -a
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