From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a 'wait-scan' command to /proc/scsi/scsi.
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:01:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090325190137.GA8509@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1238007647-25752-1-git-send-email-notting@redhat.com>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-25 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-25 19:00 [PATCH] Add a 'wait-scan' command to /proc/scsi/scsi Bill Nottingham
2009-03-25 19:00 ` [PATCH] Declare PIO_CMAP/GIO_CMAP as compatbile ioctls Bill Nottingham
2009-03-25 19:02 ` Bill Nottingham
2009-03-25 19:01 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2009-03-25 19:03 ` [PATCH] Add a 'wait-scan' command to /proc/scsi/scsi Bill Nottingham
2009-03-25 19:26 ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-03-25 19:47 ` Bill Nottingham
2009-03-25 20:36 ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-03-26 14:47 ` Bill Nottingham
2009-03-26 17:25 ` Kay Sievers
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