From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: scsi inquiry timeout config option Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 19:46:01 +0100 Message-ID: <20051004184601.GA30667@infradead.org> References: <200510032026.j93KQViR015934@d01av04.pok.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:55237 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964913AbVJDSqE (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Oct 2005 14:46:04 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200510032026.j93KQViR015934@d01av04.pok.ibm.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: brking@us.ibm.com Cc: James.Bottomley@steeleye.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 03:26:30PM -0500, brking@us.ibm.com wrote: > > Add a .config option to default the scsi scan inquiry timeout. > Due to a broken device (SCSI/ATA converter card) that is very > common on IBM iSeries/pSeries machines, these architectures > need a longer default inquiry timeout. This is really not something that should be a CONFIG_ symbol. We have a perfectly fine working module option for it.