linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add a 'wait-scan' command to /proc/scsi/scsi.

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Message-ID: <20090325192653.GS14127@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:26:53 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a 'wait-scan' command to /proc/scsi/scsi.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 03:03:21PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Then where is a better place to put this, as scsi_wait_scan.ko is
> a ridiculous interface for userspace?

It would be nice if people would comment on "ridiculous interface"s when
they're asked for feedback, instead of waiting more than two years.

I think you're misunderstanding how to use scsi_wait_scan.  The idea was
that the bit of userspace that probes all the device drivers would do:

modprobe fusion.ko
modprobe aic79xx.ko
modprobe sym53c8xx.ko
modprobe scsi_wait_scan
rmmod scsi_wait_scan

et voila, you're done.  It seems like you want random other bits of
userspace to wait for scsi scanning to be done, and that wasn't the
original intent.


I suppose we could add Yet Another Damn Sysfs File, say
/sys/bus/scsi/wait_scan

-- 
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."
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