From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Bottomley Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19 scsi_rescan patch (2nd pass) Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:34:43 -0400 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200210021534.g92FYh002462@localhost.localdomain> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: (from root@localhost) by pogo.mtv1.steeleye.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA21975 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 08:34:50 -0700 In-Reply-To: Message from "Cress, Andrew R" of "Wed, 02 Oct 2002 07:52:16 PDT." List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Cress, Andrew R" Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org andrew.r.cress@intel.com said: > Here is a 2nd pass at a patch to do a scsi rescan so that hot-inserted > scsi disks can automatically be recognized. It includes some > recommended changes/cleanup from Patrick and Mike. Is there a really good reason we can't use the hotplug infrastructure for this and scan from user level? I know the 2.4 hotplug is less well developed than 2.5, but I believe it will work well enough for this. If you go the hotplug route, all we need is a hook to trigger the SCSI hotplug event. James