linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allow SCSI_WAIT

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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:32:39 +0200
From:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...ial.fi>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
CC:	Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@...il.com>,
	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>, james.bottomley@...eleye.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow SCSI_WAIT_SCAN to be deselected

Simon Arlott wrote:
> On Thu, November 13, 2008 14:22, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote:
>> Fabio Comolli wrote:
>>> So I'm not the only one :-)
>>> Please see this thread:
>>>
>>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/22/355
>> See also:
>>
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=122538386519971&w=2
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=122539443509753&w=2
> 
> I suggest reading http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/13/75.
> 
> Basically, if you want to get rid of it you need to provide
> a viable alternative.

Blocking read on a character device or a /proc file? A new system call (this is a bit overkill, of course, but strictly speaking it _is_ an alternative)?

Dmitri

> 

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