linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous

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Date:	Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:17:17 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>>From 19617cfb1840abc69cc2fe74433007fc1daa1cb7 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.
..

Will this burn up the PSUs in loaded server boxes,
due to all drives spinning-up simultaneously now?

Just curious.
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