On Tue, 25 Mar 97 17:51:55 EST 
 gwr@mc.com (Gordon W. Ross) wrote:

 > I've since tried out the code movement idea, and it works very nicely!
 > If I move the code that does:  findroot/setroot, swapconf, dumpconf
 > from where it is now into a new, separate function that is called just
 > before vfs_mountroot, then the kernel does not call tsleep while cold.
 > The code that I moved does things like read disk labels, and is more
 > robust against missing interrupt problems if it is done later, so that
 > timeouts will work.  Therefore, I propose the following changes.
 > 
 > Comments?
 > Gordon

..the patch is straightforward enough.. and I agree 100% with your
rationale.  I'd say "go for it" (i.e. make the appropriate change to
each port's autoconf.c, as well).

I also think that an #ifdef DIAGNOSTIC panic in tsleep if called
while cold would be appropriate.  Also, if that is the only use
of "safepri", then we could kill it, too.

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