--- Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Same for SBP-2. This is old and has been solved before.
>
> Neither attempts to enforce a specific order of device registering, nor
> a delay of an module init routine in order to wait for completion of
> device discovery is a proper solution. Let alone an empirically chosen
> delay.
BIOSes accomplish this task.
> Create an initrd. Put the necessary hotplug infrastructure into the
> initrd. This includes
> - reacting on device hotplugs,
> - mapping persistent unique device identifiers or unique partition
> identifiers to mount points,
> i.e. basically everything which has to be done for hotpluggable devices.
>
> (Put policy into userspace. Let the kernel provide mechanism only.)
Yes, this is a very good idea.
Luben
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