Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760867AbXEOQbS (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 12:31:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757022AbXEOQbF (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 12:31:05 -0400 Received: from proxima.lp0.eu ([85.158.45.36]:36107 "EHLO proxima.lp0.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756726AbXEOQbE (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 12:31:04 -0400 Message-ID: <4649E03A.1090004@simon.arlott.org.uk> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 17:30:50 +0100 From: Simon Arlott User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060819) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Wilcox CC: James Bottomley , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, kernel-packagers@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Asynchronous scsi scanning References: <20070513160608.GA29024@redhat.com> <1179072655.3723.42.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1179073116.3723.45.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1179153096.3703.23.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <17841.simon.1179228389@5ec7c279.invalid> <20070515120228.GI10562@parisc-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20070515120228.GI10562@parisc-linux.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2 OpenPGP: id=89C93563 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1477 Lines: 33 On 15/05/07 13:02, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:26:29PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote: >> I've already suggested a sysfs attribute - or something equivalent - would >> be much better. It's just one function that a user might want to run multiple >> times (e.g. after adding scsi devices?) - why should loading a module be used >> for this? > > It's easy to suggest a sysfs attribute. What you've failed to do is > suggest the pathname of the sysfs attribute, the contents of it, or the > semantics of it (read-only? read-write? write-only? blocking?) I would assume that should be up to SCSI users/maintainer(s). The only thing I use the SCSI driver for is usb-storage/ATAPI. > My personal favourite would be to add a new verb to /proc/scsi/scsi, but > James dislikes that idea. > > I'd *really* like to hear from distro people. What is the most > convenient way for you to implement "load all the scsi modules, then > wait until all devices are found"? James and I had thought that loading > a new module would be the easiest way for you, but it seems inconvenient > for you. It's inconvenient for people who *don't* use it to be unable to stop the module being built and installed. -- Simon Arlott - 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/