Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 01 Apr 2005 19:27:38 +0100 | From | Daniel Drake <> | Subject | Re: rootdelay |
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Hi David,
David N. Welton wrote: > [ Please CC replies to me, thanks! ] > > Hi, I was looking at your patch: > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/21/132 > > Very small, which is nice. > > I was wondering if there were any interest in my own efforts in that > direction: > > http://dedasys.com/freesoftware/patches/blkdev_wakeup.patch > > which is far more intrusive, and perhaps isn't good kernel programming > style, but, on the other hand, is the optimal solution in terms of > boot time because it wakes up the boot process right when the device > comes on line. > > Since I saw your patch included, it looks like there is interest in > this, and I'd toot my own horn once more before just leaving my patch > to the bit rot of the ages... > > Thanks!
As simple as it may be, it's a bit of a shame that we actually need rootdelay as its something that the kernel should do automatically. At the time when we last discussed it, we didn't come up with a better (and safe) way to handle it, but I don't think we considered anything like your implementation.
I've CC'd a few people who were involved the last time around to see if they have any input for you.
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