linux-kernel - Re: Possible bug in SCSI Kconfig

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Message-ID: <20081023173917.GP26094@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:39:18 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	sam@...nborg.org, linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Possible bug in SCSI Kconfig

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 07:30:33PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
>   - scsi_wait_scan is a special method to wait for devices during boot
>     which only works with some hardware types.  More general methods are
>     available and have been in use far longer than scsi_wait_scan
>     exists.  Nobody fundamentally needs scsi_wait_scan, it is only a
>     convenient tool for some users who choose to use it.
>     Special features are traditionally per default off in Kconfig and
>     are supposed to be actively enabled.

What 'general methods' would those be?

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