On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 07:30:33PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > - scsi_wait_scan is a special method to wait for devices during boot > which only works with some hardware types. More general methods are > available and have been in use far longer than scsi_wait_scan > exists. Nobody fundamentally needs scsi_wait_scan, it is only a > convenient tool for some users who choose to use it. > Special features are traditionally per default off in Kconfig and > are supposed to be actively enabled. What 'general methods' would those be? -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step." -- 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