PATCH 1/5: scsi-scan-deprecate-forcelun

[Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de>]

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Cleanup

Mark BLIST_FORCELUN as deprecated, as we don't want to collect a list
of perfectly working multi-LUN devices with BLIST_FORCELUN. Instead
document max_luns boot/module parameter.

diff -uNrp linux-2.6.5.scsi-orig/drivers/scsi/Kconfig linux-2.6.5.depr-forcelun/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.5.scsi-orig/drivers/scsi/Kconfig	2004-04-21 14:17:50.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.5.depr-forcelun/drivers/scsi/Kconfig	2004-04-21 14:23:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ config SCSI_MULTI_LUN
 	  can say Y here to force the SCSI driver to probe for multiple LUNs.
 	  A SCSI device with multiple LUNs acts logically like multiple SCSI
 	  devices. The vast majority of SCSI devices have only one LUN, and
-	  so most people can say N here and should in fact do so, because it
-	  is safer.
+	  so most people can say N here. The max_luns boot/module parameter 
+	  allows to override this setting.
 
 config SCSI_REPORT_LUNS
 	bool "Build with SCSI REPORT LUNS support"
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.5.scsi-orig/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h linux-2.6.5.depr-forcelun/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h
--- linux-2.6.5.scsi-orig/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h	2004-04-04 05:36:14.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.5.depr-forcelun/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h	2004-04-21 14:24:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
  * Flags for SCSI devices that need special treatment
  */
 #define BLIST_NOLUN     	0x001	/* Only scan LUN 0 */
-#define BLIST_FORCELUN  	0x002	/* Known to have LUNs, force scanning */
+#define BLIST_FORCELUN  	0x002	/* Known to have LUNs, force scanning,
+					   deprecated: Use max_luns=N */
 #define BLIST_BORKEN    	0x004	/* Flag for broken handshaking */
 #define BLIST_KEY       	0x008	/* unlock by special command */
 #define BLIST_SINGLELUN 	0x010	/* Do not use LUNs in parallel */

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Kurt Garloff  <garloff@suse.de>                            Cologne, DE 
SUSE LINUX AG, Nuernberg, DE                          SUSE Labs (Head)

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