Re: [PATCH] 2.5.31 scsi_error.c cleanup

James Bottomley
2002-08-22T14:05:36Z

andmike@us.ibm.com said:
> I did not change any of the current error policy. I would like to do
> that in the future.

Looking through the patch, it seems you've changed the offline behaviour. Now
if all error recovery fails, the machine will panic instead of just offlining
the failed device. I know offlining has never worked correctly, because it
always seems to leave the system hanging, but it is a useful feature for large
machines with many SCSI attachements, could you look at trying to get it to
work corectly?

Thanks,

James