Subject: Re: options *_POLL
To: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@black-star.demon.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 07/01/2001 21:54:49
> Several of the podulebus SCSI drivers (asc, cosc, csc and ptsc) have
> options to force them not to use interrupts. DoeS aNyBody know what these
> are there for? Are there variants of these cards without interrupts wired
> up (like the Oak card), or is this a workaround for a (possibly
> long-vanished) software problem?
>
As far as I can remember these options are part of the development history
of the device drivers. Once the IRQ code became stable most people switched to
that mode. I would drop them and switch to the the MI driver. If this proves
troublesome we can always provide the old drivers as a transition aid.
Mike