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From: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
Subject: Re: CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN default
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:43:55 +0100
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On 13-12-09 07:37 PM, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 13:24 -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
>> James:
>>
>> Is there any good reason why CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN still doesn't
>> default to Y?
>
> Assuming we've got all the screw ups (mostly CD ROMS) blacklisted, I
> think the only real reason is that some SCSI-2 devices don't respond to
> stuff not on LUN 0, so it keeps the boot process quick.
>
> There isn't really any reason to change it, though, is there?  The
> option only applies to SCSI-2 and below devices which should be a self
> obsoleting class as their motors start to burn out.

and a couple of billion USB keys.