Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760986AbXEQUNM (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 16:13:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759655AbXEQUMz (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 16:12:55 -0400 Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([66.96.29.28]:60281 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759541AbXEQUMx (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 16:12:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 15:43:26 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Satyam Sharma , Christoph Hellwig , Simon Arlott , James Bottomley , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, kernel-packagers@vger.kernel.org, "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: Re: Asynchronous scsi scanning Message-ID: <20070517194326.GC30571@kvack.org> References: <20070516025121.GK10562@parisc-linux.org> <20070517172023.GL10562@parisc-linux.org> <20070517182414.GA12170@infradead.org> <20070517185115.GA13207@infradead.org> <20070517193953.GM10562@parisc-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070517193953.GM10562@parisc-linux.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1092 Lines: 23 On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 01:39:54PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 12:34:40AM +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote: > > Hmmm, actually those other users could easily write and maintain > > a 20-line patch that does the wait for async scans thing for them > > using /proc/scsi/scsi in any case. > > How about the three users who're bothered by this extra module being > built maintain a one-line patch to Kconfig and leave well enough alone? The module has an added bonus that it doesn't require any new tools to make work. Doing it via sysfs/procfs means a new rev of whatever tool generates the boot initrd, plus fixing up boot scripts. Loading a module can be done via a simple option to the existing boot tools. -ben -- "Time is of no importance, Mr. President, only life is important." Don't Email: . - 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/