From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michal Ludvig Subject: Re: scsi_wait_scan doesn't wait Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:11:23 +1300 Message-ID: <4CC003BB.6080900@logix.net.nz> References: <4CBD102F.2040705@logix.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org To: Carlos O'Donell Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org On 10/20/2010 12:04 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Michal Ludvig wrote: >> I'm having a problem with 2.6.36-rc8+ on HP PARISC machine (HP 9000 >> RP3410) where I intend to wait for SCSI enumeration during boot before >> LVM2 kicks in and attempts to activate the root volume. I modprobe >> scsi_wait_scan in the initramdisk before lvm2 script is run. However the >> modprobe doesn't wait. I'm on Debian testing, fwiw. > If you're interested in helping, the best thing you could do is back > up to a kernel that works and then try to track down what commit broke > the wait scan. It's a bit tedious, but fairly easy. Yeah, I know. However a kernel rebuild takes nearly 2 hours on that machine so it may be a couple of months before I find the commit ;-) I'll see if I can come up with an automated process for that. Michal