Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756041AbZCYTBx (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:01:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754711AbZCYTBk (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:01:40 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:49693 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753576AbZCYTBj (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:01:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:01:37 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Bill Nottingham Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a 'wait-scan' command to /proc/scsi/scsi. Message-ID: <20090325190137.GA8509@infradead.org> References: <1238007647-25752-1-git-send-email-notting@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1238007647-25752-1-git-send-email-notting@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 778 Lines: 18 On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 03:00:46PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > scsi_wait_scan.ko is a bad interface for a variety of reasons: > - once you load it, it stays in memory doing nothing > - if you need to call it again, you first need to check for the module > and unload it first > - waiting for scsi scans shouldn't require module loading privleges in > any case > > This creates a simpler interface that doesn't require as much > scaffolding in userspace. /proc/scsi/scsi is deprecated, plese don't add more features to it. -- 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/