Re: [PATCH] add help to WAIT_SCAN option

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On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 13:11 -0600, Grant Grundler wrote:
> Thibaut Varene's parisc box didn't find the root disk.
> Problem is he had ASYNC_SCAN enabled and the required SYM2 driver builtin
> but the root disk wasn't discovered before the kernel wanted to mount root.
> Oh, and he (like many folks who build their own kernels) didn't use
> an initrd or initramfs. So no chance to load scsi_wait_scan module.
> 
> This patch enables one to select "y" for WAIT_SCAN option and adds
> help text on how/when to use "m" vs "y".

This solution is still as wrong as it was the last three times it was
submitted to linux-scsi:

http://marc.info/?t=117906989600001
http://marc.info/?t=117926627700012
http://marc.info/?t=117923062000004

A better, but still not quite right fix is here:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=117995785931981

James


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