Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750782AbWHVAHU (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:07:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750832AbWHVAHT (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:07:19 -0400 Received: from ns1.coraid.com ([65.14.39.133]:1222 "EHLO coraid.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750782AbWHVAHS (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:07:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:45:40 -0400 From: "Ed L. Cashin" To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg K-H Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-rc4] aoe [10/13]: module parameter for device timeout Message-ID: <20060821224540.GH2438@coraid.com> References: <1155942187.31543.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060818231037.GW29988@coraid.com> <1155946151.31543.30.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1155946151.31543.30.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 882 Lines: 20 On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 01:09:11AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Ar Gwe, 2006-08-18 am 19:10 -0400, ysgrifennodd Ed L. Cashin: > > No, this is just for users who need very fast failure. The default > > three minutes is good for things like short network interruptions and > > even quick AoE device reboots, but users who aren't interested in that > > kind of flexibility and want a fast failure generally want it always > > and on every link. > > Ok, but it should still be runtime settable. You know, it occurs to me that it is, just by virtue of sysfs, and a little test shows that to be the case. -- Ed L Cashin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/