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

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:19:25 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
CC:	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

Let's face it, from the POV of several if not all transport layer 
drivers, the core API element Scsi_Host is just a superfluous appendage 
to the only interesting elements -- target and logical unit, or even 
logical unit alone.

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> I would suggest that you want one 'channel' per usb endpoint.

No, "channel" is meaningless.  Friends don't let friends invent new 
meanings for "channel".
-- 
Stefan Richter
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