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Message-ID: <20090104180515.GD2002@parisc-linux.org> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 11:05:15 -0700 From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu, fweisbec@...il.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 09:29:40AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >From 2087b546abddced50fa73ea9a71b5a040ae1026e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com> > Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 05:32:28 -0800 > Subject: [PATCH] fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous > > This patch makes part of the scsi probe (which is mostly device spin up and the > partition scan) asynchronous. Only the part that runs after getting the device > number allocated is asynchronous, ensuring that device numbering remains stable. Is this really a big win? Were you using the async scsi scan code already? -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step." -- 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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