Re: Re-scan bus for ata controllers

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

paul%whooppee.com@localhost (Paul Goyette) writes:

>Is drvctl supposed to work for ata controllers?

sort of...

>       {150} drvctl -p /dev/atabus0
>       drvctl: get-properties: No such process

netbsd-4
% drvctl -p atabus0
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" 
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict/>
</plist>

netbsd-current
% drvctl -p atabus0
Properties for device `atabus0':
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" 
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>device-driver</key>
        <string>atabus</string>
        <key>device-unit</key>
        <integer>0x0</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

Not much to be seen, the dictionary entries in -current come from
the autoconfig process.

>       {151} drvctl -r /dev/atabus0
>       drvctl: DRVRESCANBUS: Device not configured

# drvctl -r atabus0
drvctl: DRVRESCANBUS: Device not configured

atabus doesn't implement a rescan. In the times of eSATA this should
be added.

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