Re: [PATCH] ipr: Fix sync scsi scan

[Michael Ellerman]

Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 08/08/2016 05:02 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>>> This is seven basic fixes (plus one MAINTAINERS update) which came in
>>> close to the merge window.
>>>
>>> The patch is available here:
>>>
>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi.git scsi-misc
>>>
>>> The short changelog is:
>>>
>>> Brian King (1):
>>>       ipr: Wait to do async scan until scsi host is initialized
>> 
>> This commit seems to be causing a ~10 minute pause during boot on my
>> powerpc boxes which have an IPR, eg:
>
> Sorry about that. I fixed up async scan and managed to break sync scan...
>
> This patch fixes it on my box. Does it fix the issue for you as well?

Yes, thanks!

If you like here's a:

Tested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


It would be good if we can we get that to Linus sooner rather than later.

cheers