These aren't available at boot time when you need them, are they?


On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Brad Knowles wrote:

> Folks,
> 
>       I just did a bit of searching on the website, and garnered enough 
> information from 
> <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=546460+0+/usr/local/www/d 
> b/text/1998/freebsd-questions/19981115.freebsd-questions> to be able 
> to add a new "quirk" in /usr/src/sys/cam/cam_xpt.c for a piece of 
> hardware I'm having some difficulty with.
> 
>       Assuming this works, I will file a proper PR, etc....
> 
> 
>       However, shouldn't there be an easier way to do this?  For 
> example, shouldn't there be a sysctl for changing these sorts of 
> things, perhaps something like:
> 
>               kern.cam.cd.changer.min_busy_seconds: 5
>               kern.cam.cd.changer.max_busy_seconds: 15
>               kern.cam.quirks.direct.fixed.quantum.XP39100*.*.mintags: 24
>               kern.cam.quirks.direct.fixed.quantum.XP39100*.*.maxtags: 32
>               kern.cam.quirks.direct.fixed.quantum.XP34550*.*.mintags: 24
>               kern.cam.quirks.direct.fixed.quantum.XP34550*.*.maxtags: 32
>               kern.cam.quirks.direct.fixed.quantum.XP32275*.*.mintags: 24
>               kern.cam.quirks.direct.fixed.quantum.XP32275*.*.maxtags: 32
> 
>       This would make it very easy to add new quirks as they come along 
> (just update your sysctl.conf), and without having to always file a 
> PR so that /usr/src/sys/cam/cam_xpt.c gets modified so that you can 
> have your quirk and track -CURRENT too (or -STABLE, for that matter).
> 
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