From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Helge Deller Subject: Re: scsi_wait_scan doesn't wait Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:22:10 +0200 Message-ID: <4CC092E2.4090900@gmx.de> References: <4CBD102F.2040705@logix.net.nz> <4CC003BB.6080900@logix.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Cc: Carlos O'Donell , linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org To: Michal Ludvig Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4CC003BB.6080900@logix.net.nz> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org On 10/21/2010 11:11 AM, Michal Ludvig wrote: > 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. Hi Michal, I'd propose that you use a cross-compiler (i686 to hppa) instead. Then you can TFTP-boot the built kernel from your PC. This is what I do, and it speeds up everything a lot and it's not too hard to set it up. Helge