From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Bottomley Subject: Re: [PATCH] add help to WAIT_SCAN option Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 14:50:14 -0500 Message-ID: <1180209014.3712.69.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> References: <20070526191127.GB7080@colo.lackof.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hancock.steeleye.com ([71.30.118.248]:48746 "EHLO hancock.sc.steeleye.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759131AbXEZTuQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 May 2007 15:50:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070526191127.GB7080@colo.lackof.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Grant Grundler Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Thibaut VARENE On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 13:11 -0600, Grant Grundler wrote: > Thibaut Varene's parisc box didn't find the root disk. > Problem is he had ASYNC_SCAN enabled and the required SYM2 driver builtin > but the root disk wasn't discovered before the kernel wanted to mount root. > Oh, and he (like many folks who build their own kernels) didn't use > an initrd or initramfs. So no chance to load scsi_wait_scan module. > > This patch enables one to select "y" for WAIT_SCAN option and adds > help text on how/when to use "m" vs "y". This solution is still as wrong as it was the last three times it was submitted to linux-scsi: http://marc.info/?t=117906989600001 http://marc.info/?t=117926627700012 http://marc.info/?t=117923062000004 A better, but still not quite right fix is here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=117995785931981 James