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Message-ID: <tkrat.7b61f3efc75de80e@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:03:17 +0200 (CEST)
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH update 1] SCSI: explain the hidden scsi_wait_scan Kconfig
variable
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 the unconditionally installed module and its
Kconfig symbol.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
---
update 1: more precise wording
drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -259,10 +259,23 @@ config SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC
or async on the kernel's command line.
config SCSI_WAIT_SCAN
- tristate
+ tristate # No prompt here, this is an invisible symbol.
default m
depends on SCSI
depends on MODULES
+ help
+ Wait until all the async scans are complete. The idea is to use
+ it in initrd/ initramfs scripts. You modprobe it after all the
+ modprobes of the root SCSI drivers and it will wait until they
+ have all finished scanning their buses before allowing the boot
+ to proceed. (This method is not applicable if targets boot
+ independently in parallel with the initiator, or with transports
+ with non-deterministic target discovery schemes, or if a transport
+ driver does not support scsi_wait_scan.)
+
+ This symbol is not exposed as a prompt because little is to be
+ gained by disabling it, whereas people who accidentally switch it
+ off may wonder why their mkinitrd gets into trouble.
menu "SCSI Transports"
depends on SCSI
--
Stefan Richter
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http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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