On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Todd Whitesel wrote:

> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:01:54 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
> To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
> Cc: mrg@eterna.com.au, toddpw@best.com, tech-kern@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: dynamic configuration (was Re: PR#4094)
> 
> > > hmm.. i don't feel that way on my machine with 6 scsibusses...
> > 
> > I agree wtih Matt. When booting, I see two main pause areas. One is wdc
> 
> Sorry, I just have this vague memory of seeing a 2 second wait for every
> device, some unspecified long time ago.
> Mebbe I am just sufferin' from a case of "burnout Alzheimer's" ...

No, I don't think you are:

Using tick -- intr in 3000038 cycles...done.
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <QUANTUM, VIKING II 4.5WSE, 5520> SCSI2
0/direct fixed
siop0: target 0 using 16bit transfers
siop0: target 0 now synchronous at 20.0Mhz, offset 16
sd0: 4350 MB, 8338 cyl, 5 head, 213 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8910423 sectors
siop0: target 2 now synchronous at 20.0Mhz, offset 16
sd1 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0: <HP, 4.26GB A 80-3807, 3807> SCSI2
0/direct fixed
siop0: target 2 using 16bit transfers
siop0: target 2 now synchronous at 20.0Mhz, offset 16
sd1: 4067 MB, 8338 cyl, 5 head, 199 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8330543 sectors
cd0 at scsibus0 target 6 lun 0: <TEAC, CD-ROM CD-532S, 1.0A> SCSI2 5/cdrom
removable
scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
sd2 at scsibus1 target 0 lun 0: <IBM, DNES-309170W, SAH0> SCSI3 0/direct
fixed
siop1: target 0 using 16bit transfers
siop1: target 0 now synchronous at 20.0Mhz, offset 16
sd2: 8748 MB, 11474 cyl, 5 head, 312 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 17916240
sectors
raidattach: Asked for 4 units

etc.

Eduardo Horvath