linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/7] ps3: Storage Driver Probing

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Date:	Sat, 26 May 2007 08:54:13 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 4/7] ps3: Storage Driver Probing

On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 21:48 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > +           msleep_interruptible(ms);
> > > +           if (ms < 60000)
> > > +                   ms <<= 1;
> > 
> > Is this timeout only for the disk spinup, or also for detecting
> media
> > added at run time, like inserting a DVD? One minute timeout for
> > detecting a DVD would sound very long to me.
> 
> It's not for inserting DVDs, only for new devices showing up in the
> repository.
> Apparently new devices may keep on showing up a while after boot up,
> but I
> think this matters only for the kboot kernel, that's why I went with
> the
> exponential back-off with upper limit.

Why not just have a kthread poll at 2 second interval for new devices or
removed ones ?

(And not for request processing)

Ben.


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