From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Domsch Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.11-rc2] Linux SCSI hotplug infrastructure Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:40:38 -0600 Message-ID: <20050207194038.GA19320@lists.us.dell.com> References: <20050207182753.GA16526@lists.us.dell.com> <4207BFF5.4000404@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4207BFF5.4000404@us.ibm.com> Sender: linux-hotplug-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-hotplug-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Brian King Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 01:22:29PM -0600, Brian King wrote: > Just curious why the following flow would not work/be preferred: > > 1. echo "2" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host2/logical_drive_created > 2. megaraid_mbox.c sysfs method converts logical drive number to HCTL > value, calls scsi_add_device. > 3. scsi_add_device works as it does today and generates hotplug events > > -Brian This direction was what came out of this thread back in December. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110314267629902&w=2 -- Matt Domsch Software Architect Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click