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SubjectRe: SCSI spinup.
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> I think you need to catch any spinups at the point the read/write is about
> to be issued, or on an error return.

Catching NOT_READY in rw_intr to me looked like the best way to do that.
But I just got told recent high end scsi drivers tend to bypass the
midlayer, so is there a more generic approach?

> I've just merged Eric Youngdales changes to the scsi mlq into my 2.3.x
> "suicide build" to see how they work out so things are about to all
> change


Okay. Spinup's not on my top priority list so I'll wait for the changes to
settle, hoping they'll not only change but also clarify things.

Thanks,

Daniel.


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