From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Bottomley Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:44:37 +0000 Subject: Re: Asynchronous scsi scanning, version 9 Message-Id: <1151336678.2673.9.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> List-Id: References: <447AB2F5.2000700@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20060529130515.GE23405@parisc-linux.org> <20060531232139.GA3202@us.ibm.com> <447EE81D.2050906@ums.usu.ru> <20060601132315.GD32143@parisc-linux.org> <1151270127.3617.26.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <20060625224631.GD1608@parisc-linux.org> <1151310285.3185.16.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060626124001.GG1608@parisc-linux.org> <20060626144442.GA13319@one-eyed-alien.net> <20060626151828.GH1608@parisc-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20060626151828.GH1608@parisc-linux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Arjan van de Ven , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Stefan Richter , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Patrick Mansfield , "Alexander E. Patrakov" On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 09:18 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > It's definitely possible to remove individual targets dynamically now; > Fibre Channel has sorted that out (and will complain loudly if it > breaks). > The scsi core doesn't really have a channel object; channel is just an > integer > that describes a path to a target. So I think there should be no > problem in > converting USB to have one host and many channels. Actually, I think usb should be exactly like FC ... in that should be an unscanned attachment, so if and when it gets done properly, it won't have any need for the async scanning updates anyway. James Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel