Re: Asynchronous scsi scanning
From: Simon Arlott
Date: Tue May 15 2007 - 12:31:20 EST
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
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