Re: [PATCH] 2.5.5-pre1 IDE cleanup 9

Gérard Roudier
2002-02-22T20:25:34Z

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Greg KH wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:01:14PM +0100, Gérard Roudier wrote:
> >
> > I have investigated it, but it didn't seem to allow the boot order set by
> > user in sym53c8xx HBA NVRAMs to be applied, breaking as a result all
> > systems depending on it. Since it is transparently handled by the
> > sym53c8xx driver and just behaves _as_ user expects, my guess is that
> > numerous users may just have their system relying on it.
>
> But as Jeff noted, it is _required_ for PCI hotplug functionality.
> Because allmost all of the SCSI drivers are not using this over 2 year
> old interface, they will not work properly on large machines that now
> support PCI hotplug. Much to my dismay.
>
> Init order works off of PCI probing order. If the network people can
> handle this, the SCSI people can :)
>
> > Propose a kernel API that does not break more features that it adds and I
> > will be glad to use it.
>
> Huh? This is not a new API. What does it break for you?

Thanks for the reply. But my concern is user convenience in _average_
here. Basically, I want the 99% of users that cannot afford neither need
nor want PCI hotplug to have their system just dead in order to make happy
the 1%.

In other word, I donnot care about this 1% if it makes run a tiny risk to
the 99% to get inconvenience a single second. Btw, I am among the 99%.

Gérard.