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

Matthew Wilcox
2009-03-25T19:27:21Z

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 03:03:21PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Then where is a better place to put this, as scsi_wait_scan.ko is
> a ridiculous interface for userspace?

It would be nice if people would comment on "ridiculous interface"s when
they're asked for feedback, instead of waiting more than two years.

I think you're misunderstanding how to use scsi_wait_scan. The idea was
that the bit of userspace that probes all the device drivers would do:

modprobe fusion.ko
modprobe aic79xx.ko
modprobe sym53c8xx.ko
modprobe scsi_wait_scan
rmmod scsi_wait_scan

et voila, you're done. It seems like you want random other bits of
userspace to wait for scsi scanning to be done, and that wasn't the
original intent.

I suppose we could add Yet Another Damn Sysfs File, say
/sys/bus/scsi/wait_scan

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