Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Dec 1999 22:53:28 +0100 (CET) | From | Daniel Kobras <> | Subject | Re: SCSI spinup. |
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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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