Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752990AbZDONrA (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:47:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751955AbZDONqt (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:46:49 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:51885 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751867AbZDONqs (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:46:48 -0400 Message-ID: <49E5E541.6090108@garzik.org> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:46:41 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: Linux USB kernel mailing list , Alan Stern , LKML , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: USB storage no-boot regression (bisected) References: <49E4FAC6.1030400@garzik.org> <20090415014930.GA29413@kroah.com> <49E5480F.10501@garzik.org> <20090415050947.GB3462@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20090415050947.GB3462@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 891 Lines: 25 Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:35:59PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> Like Arjan said, this is because we are initializing faster now, and >>> things are a bit more asynchronous. Use the root_delay boot option, >>> that's what I use for my USB-based systems, and have not had a problem >>> with that at all. >> Is that solution really scalable to every user with a regression severe >> enough it prevents them from booting? >> >> When did regressions become an acceptable tradeoff for speed? > > So, we aren't allowed to go faster? Well, when the result fails to boot, you are only going faster to a point :) Oh well... Jeff -- 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/