linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] usb-storage: wait for device scanning before mounting root

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:49:55 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dsd@...too.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, vegardno@....uio.no,
	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] usb-storage: wait for device scanning before mounting root

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:52:40PM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote:
> First, there are usb-storage devices which are USB<->SCSI bridges and
> therefore support multiple target devices.

This is true.

> Second, you would still need multiple hosts when you have more than 15
> target USB devices, anyway.

This isn't true.  Look at topologies like fibre channel which can have
thousands of targets on a single host.

I would suggest that you want one 'channel' per usb endpoint.

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