Date: Wed. 29 Nov. 1995 Changed miniroot - does not remount root until install runs Changed netbsd-rd - added the "route" command Changed netbsd-gen - turned off ncr5380_debug Added the "security" distribution Notes on the new "si" driver: Note that both kernels provided (netbsd-gen, netbsd-rd) include the new "si" driver for the Sun SCSI-3 interface, but all the DMA/interrupt/reselect features of the new driver are disabled by default. These new features are controlled by the "si_options" kernel variable as follows: si_options = 0 No DMA, no interrupts (shipped default) si_options = 1 DMA with polled completion, no interrupts si_options = 3 DMA with interrupt on completion si_options = 7 DMA with interrupts, reselect enabled The driver works well with si_options=3 on most systems, but with si_options=7 (reselect enabled) there appears to be the possibility for target reselects to be missed (causes a hang). Here is how to change the value of si_options permanently: # gdb -k --write /netbsd (kgdb) set si_options = 3 (kgdb) quit In summary: If you are paranoid or can accept poor performance from the SCSI subsystem, leave si_options=0. If you want good SCSI performance and don't mind running some relatively new code, use si_options=3. Note that si_options=1 runs almost all the same code as with si_options=3 and is really for debugging. Use of si_options=7 is NOT recommended with this version of the the driver unless you are working on the "missed reselect" hang.