Re: [PATCH] add help to WAIT_SCAN option

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On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 18:27 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 07:15:43PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> > Actually, it's a thinko on my part ... I thought late_initcall() and
> > module_init() are the same level, and hence this would be link order
> > dependent.  Actually that's only true in the modular case, so the patch
> > is fine ... I'll put it in.
> 
> I disagree that Grant's patch is fine.  Consider:
> 
>  - CONFIG_SCSI=y
>  - CONFIG_SCSI_SYM2=y
>  - CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XYZ=m
> 
> You want the root disc on your sym2 to be found, so you need
> SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=y, but you also want to know when qla2xyz has finished
> scanning the fabric, so you need SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m.  My patch doesn't
> have this problem.

Er .. I think you misunderstood the email.  Grant asked why Hugh's (not
Grant's) patch was wrong and I said that on reflection it wasn't.

James


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