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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Subject: Re: No drives come online in 2.6.32?
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:46:55 -0700
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	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org>
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On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 09:19:19PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> When booting 2.6.32, my scsi drives don't come online, all I see during boot is:
> ~~~
> sym53c8xx 0000:00:01.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
> sym53c8xx 0000:00:01.0: enabling SERR and PARITY (0003 -> 0143)
> sym53c8xx 0000:00:01.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
> sym53c8xx 0000:00:01.1: enabling SERR and PARITY (0003 -> 0143)
> sym53c8xx 0000:00:02.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
> sym53c8xx 0000:00:02.0: enabling SERR and PARITY (0003 -> 0143)
> sym53c8xx 0000:00:02.1: enabling device (0146 -> 0147)
> ~~~
> When booting 2.6.32-rc6 the drives come online right away after they
> are enabled.
> 
> No amount of waiting helps.

Do you have CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y ?

If so, add CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m or disable SCAN_ASYNC.

While this should work, it sounds like it's not working.

grant