Re: [PATCH] Add a 'wait-scan' command to /proc/scsi/scsi.

Christoph Hellwig
2009-03-25T19:01:53Z

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 03:00:46PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> scsi_wait_scan.ko is a bad interface for a variety of reasons:
> - once you load it, it stays in memory doing nothing
> - if you need to call it again, you first need to check for the module
> and unload it first
> - waiting for scsi scans shouldn't require module loading privleges in
> any case
>
> This creates a simpler interface that doesn't require as much
> scaffolding in userspace.

/proc/scsi/scsi is deprecated, plese don't add more features to it.