linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SCSI: explain the hidden scsi_wait

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Message-ID: <4A38C533.3070106@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:28:03 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>,
	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI: explain the hidden scsi_wait_scan Kconfig variable

Stefan Richter wrote:
> People keep sending patches to expose CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN as a tunable
> item.  These patches aren't accepted upstream, so let's stop the ongoing
> irritation of people due to this obscure and strange installed module
> and its Kconfig option.

PS, references:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8763
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8872
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9769
and more mailinglist references than you can shake a stick at, yet 
nobody is aware of.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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