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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] [RFC] Advanced TCA Disk Hotswap support in Linux Kernel [core 1/2]
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    On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 02:19, Steven Dake wrote:
    > This mechanism is far superior to /proc/scsi/scsi because it:
    > 1) provides true FibreChannel hotswap support (at this point qlogic FC
    > HBAs)
    > 2) is programmatic such that errors can be reported from kernel to user
    > without looking is /var/log/.
    > 3) Provides superior response times vs opening a file and writing to
    > proc.
    > 4) Easier to control from kernel and user via C APIs vs using
    > open/write.

    Doesn't seem to have any locking/ Thats a scsi layer problem that does
    need tackling to mke hotswap actually work well. At the very least the
    host queue needs locks and probably the hosts need refcounting now


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