linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 5/6] mptsas: use async probe

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Date:	Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:16:43 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
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	joseph.salisbury@...onical.com, bpoirier@...e.de,
	santosh@...lsio.com, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>,
	Pierre Fersing <pierre-fersing@...rref.org>,
	Nagalakshmi Nandigama <nagalakshmi.nandigama@...gotech.com>,
	Praveen Krishnamoorthy <praveen.krishnamoorthy@...gotech.com>,
	Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...gotech.com>,
	Abhijit Mahajan <abhijit.mahajan@...gotech.com>,
	Hariprasad S <hariprasad@...lsio.com>,
	Casey Leedom <leedom@...lsio.com>,
	MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...gotech.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 5/6] mptsas: use async probe

On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 11:37:26PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
> 
> Its reported that mptsas can at times take over 30 seconds
> to recognize SCSI storage devices [0], this is done on the
> driver's probe path. Use the the new asynch probe to
> circumvent systemd from killing this driver.

Again, *ANY* SCSI storage controller may.  The fact that a specific
bug report was filed on mptsas doesn't really mean anything.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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