Aboo Valappil wrote: > Stefan Richter wrote: ... >> - vscsihba enters scsi_remove_host() or scsi_remove_device(), >> - SCSI core and upper layers do whatever it takes to withdraw from >> the respective I-T(-L) nexus gracefully (e.g. synchronize cache, >> unlock drive door...), >> > Does this happen automatically when the scsi_remove_host() is called, Yes. The SCSI core passes the remove/shutdown request up to the higher layers like sd_mod for orderly shutdown. There is no distinction between regular shutdown and hot-unplug in SCSI core or above; these layers treat everything as regular shutdown. Only the LLD can (and has to) make this distinction. -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== ---= ==--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
