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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: libata & scsi rescan.
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:07:24 -0400
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To: Andy Warner <andyw@pobox.com>
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Andy Warner wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>>[libata & hot-unplug...]
>>Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt for 2.6.x.  "good luck" for 
>>2.4.x, and libata needs to work on 2.4.x as well (at least for the time 
>>being)
> 
> 
> I've got phy-level hooks into interrupt handlers, all working
> nicely. I can't find any good examples of scsi_add/remove_device
> usage, and they do not like being called from an interrupt
> context. Can anyone lend some advice/examples of usage ?
> I've searched for guidelines on when/how to call these,
> above and beyond scsi_mid_low_api.txt, and come up empty
> handed.
> 
> If they need to be called from a helper-thread, I can do
> that - just looking for ground rules.

Correct, they must be called from process context.

	Jeff