Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759248AbXEQVmv (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 17:42:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754719AbXEQVmn (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 17:42:43 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:34184 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754614AbXEQVml (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 17:42:41 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 17:42:34 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Benjamin LaHaise , James Bottomley , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, kernel-packagers@vger.kernel.org, pjones@redhat.com Subject: Re: Asynchronous scsi scanning Message-ID: <20070517214234.GA398@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Matthew Wilcox , Benjamin LaHaise , James Bottomley , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, kernel-packagers@vger.kernel.org, pjones@redhat.com References: <20070517172023.GL10562@parisc-linux.org> <20070517182414.GA12170@infradead.org> <20070517185115.GA13207@infradead.org> <20070517193953.GM10562@parisc-linux.org> <20070517194326.GC30571@kvack.org> <20070517213043.GN10562@parisc-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070517213043.GN10562@parisc-linux.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1685 Lines: 34 On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 03:30:43PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 03:43:26PM -0400, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > > 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. > > That was what James and I thought. However, the distros seem unhappy > with it. Of course, they won't actually *comment* on it, they just > disable the async scan and won't talk about why. FWIW, Fedora 7 has it enabled, and afaik, Peter (mkinitrd maintainer) is happy with the current situation. It's my understanding that the latest ubuntu release has it enabled too, though obviously I can't speak for whether or not they're happy with the status quo. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/