linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.21-rc4-git] SCSI newstyle hotplug/coldplug support

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Message-Id: <200703211013.35183.david-b@pacbell.net>
Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:13:34 -0700
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
Cc:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.21-rc4-git] SCSI newstyle hotplug/coldplug support

On Wednesday 21 March 2007 4:01 am, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> David Brownell wrote:
> > This teaches scsi devices how to support "new style" hotplug/coldplug:
> > using a modalias sysfs attribute for coldplug, and MODALIAS environment
> > variable for hotplug.
> 
> How this is different from http://marc.info/?t=115204542200002&r=1&w=2 and
> earlier attempts to do the same?

Not very; I didn't know about previous work.
Why hasn't such support been merged yet?

- Dave
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