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Message-ID: <4900C9A9.7010104@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:59:53 +0200 From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> To: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> 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 Matthew Wilcox wrote: > 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? Waiting for the desired numbers of devices to show up. Or for a known device. scsi_wait_scan is optimal though if it is known at the outset how many devices (or how many at maximum) will show up. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- =-=- =-=== http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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