Re: kern/43257: default SCSI-tape timeing parameters not selectable by kernel config

[Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/43257; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
Wolfgang.Stukenbrock%nagler-company.com@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/43257: default SCSI-tape timeing parameters not
        selectable by kernel config
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:48:22 +0000

 On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 06:35:02AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR kern/43257; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: kern/43257: default SCSI-tape timeing parameters not
 >      selectable by kernel config
 > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 06:30:53 +0000
 > 
 >  On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 12:30:04PM +0000, Andrew Doran wrote:
 >   >  Thanks for the patch.  On the approach: these should be tuneable via 
 > sysctl
 >   >  and not kernel options.
 >  
 >  Shouldn't they be device properties?
 
 If the user can set them without recompiling the kernel, sure that
 would work too.