From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Doug Ledford Subject: Re: Why /dev/sdc1 doesn't show up... Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:12:30 -0500 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021117201230.GD3280@redhat.com> References: <20021117195258.GC3280@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Alexander Viro Cc: Linux Scsi Mailing List , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Rusty Russell , Linus Torvalds On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:01:06PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Doug Ledford wrote: > > > in scsi_module.c works, but is too ugly to live (and totally defeats the > > purpose of the new module loading code anyway). Oh, and all the high > > There is a purpose? Seriously, "no use of ones object during init" is > WRONG. Rusty, remember I've told you that block devices need to be > able to open() during init? That's what it is. > > We _might_ eventually kludge around that, but IMO the ->live checks on > the init side are just plain wrong. I tend to agree, and I almost wrote that in my email, but then decided I hadn't thought on the issue long enough to declare that and then be proven wrong and look like a fool. -- Doug Ledford 919-754-3700 x44233 Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606