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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Allow SCSI_WAIT_SCAN to be deselected
Simon Arlott wrote:
> On Thu, November 13, 2008 14:22, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote:
>> Fabio Comolli wrote:
>>> So I'm not the only one :-)
>>> Please see this thread:
>>>
>>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/22/355
>> See also:
>>
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=122538386519971&w=2
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=122539443509753&w=2
>
> I suggest reading http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/13/75.
>
> Basically, if you want to get rid of it you need to provide
> a viable alternative.

Blocking read on a character device or a /proc file? A new system call (this is a bit overkill, of course, but strictly speaking it _is_ an alternative)?

Dmitri

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