> -----Original Message----- > From: Arjan van de Ven [mailto:arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:36 AM > To: Miller, Mike (OS Dev) > Cc: Andrew Morton; JensAxboejens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx; LKML; LKML-scsi > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1 of 1] cciss: add procfs interface to > rescan logical volumes > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:24:54 -0500 > Mike Miller <mike.miller@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > Patch 1 of 1 > > > > This patch adds a procfs interface so users can force a > rescan of the > > logical volumes attached to the controller. A new product > uses Target > > Based Management (TBM) out-of-band for configuration purposes. With > > this method the driver has no way of knowing that something has > > changed, i.e., new logical volume(s) added or existing volumes > > deleted. This interface allows the user to echo "rescan volumes" > > > /proc/driver/cciss/ccissN to force the driver to rebuild > our table of > > logical volumes. > > Please consider this patch for inclusion. > > > I'll ask the obvious question (since you didn't address this)... > why is this a proc thing and not just a sysfs attribute of the device? > Because I'm pretty sysfs stupid. :( An attribute in sysfs is the ultimate goal but I did this for expediency. Any pointers to sysfs documentation that's either not very outdated or doesn't contradict itself? Thanks, mikem > > -- > Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre > For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit > http://www.lesswatts.org > -- 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
