Re: udev does not create scsi disk entries during bootup

[Clay Haapala <chaapala@cisco.com>]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Greg KH uttered the following:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:06:03PM +0530, Surekha.PC wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>>  Request your attention for the problem I am facing. This issue is
>> urgent for our iSCSI driver inclusion to 2.6 kernel.
> 
> Getting udev to work for your devices has nothing to do with getting
> your iscsi driver to be included in the main 2.6 kernel.  Why do you
> say that?
> 
> thanks,
> 
In the effort to get this iSCSI driver included into the 2.6 kernel,
we are making a number of changes in response to comments from the
SCSI maintainers.  Many of these comments are regarding work-arounds
or designs currently in our [2.2/2.4-derived] driver that should be
removed or redesigned in favor of features now available in 2.6.  Udev
is one of those features.

iSCSI is a weird beast that allows SCSI commands to be sent over a TCP
network to a target device (usually fibrechannel-attached disk or
tape).  During normal operation, there is the opportunity for hotplug
events based on network access, etc.  Trying to boot from an iSCSI
disk is another, perhaps more complex, set of issues.  We are trying
our best to understand new things such as udev as fast as we can to
make best use of them.

That we are putting time pressure on ourselves for 2.6 inclusion is
not your or the community's problem, of course.  We do appreciate the
help that all of you provide.  I hope this information has helped to
answer your question.

Regards,
-- 
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