From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:17:17 -0500 Message-ID: <496794AD.6040403@rtr.ca> References: <20090105200959.04a626ac@infradead.org> <20090105201118.5bfa1e36@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090105201118.5bfa1e36@infradead.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Arjan van de Ven wrote: >>>From 19617cfb1840abc69cc2fe74433007fc1daa1cb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Arjan van de Ven > Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 05:32:28 -0800 > Subject: [PATCH] fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous > > This patch makes part of the scsi probe (which is mostly device spin up and the > partition scan) asynchronous. Only the part that runs after getting the device > number allocated is asynchronous, ensuring that device numbering remains stable. .. Will this burn up the PSUs in loaded server boxes, due to all drives spinning-up simultaneously now? Just curious.