Re: Why /dev/sdc1 doesn't show up...

Doug Ledford
2002-11-17T20:05:03Z

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:01:06PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Doug Ledford wrote:
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> > 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.

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