Re: [PATCH 0/3] scsi_dh: Make scsi device handler modules automatically inserted

James Bottomley
2009-07-17T16:45:33Z

On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 10:14 -0400, Peter Jones wrote:
> On 07/17/2009 12:19 AM, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:01 -0700, Chandra Seetharaman wrote:
> >> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 01:16 +0000, James Bottomley wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 13:33 -0700, Chandra Seetharaman wrote:
> >>>> James,
> >>>>
> >>>> Please let us know which way you want us to proceed ?
> >>> Yes, propose a mechanism that keeps manual binding but allows the dm-mp
> >>> user an exception.
> >> James, this is the current behavior. We wanted to make the binding
> >> automatic, hence the patches.
> >
> > OK, well then no ... I'm not breaking an unknown number of enterprise
> > configurations by forcing a binding where none is wanted or needed.
> > Find a way to do what you want while not breaking anyone else.
>
> And what about the patch I sent you that makes the uevent modalias
> change depend on a config option? You've still not commented on it.

A config option isn't right, but a runtime one might be if nothing else
comes along, I suppose. The uevent modalias still needs to go via
multiple binding.

James