From 2c7424ef941457903cb25b9d6c45b005a0da21c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Richter Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:03:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 154042 b: refs/heads/master c: 5e2fb917920c62c5ad260962471aeb578b52ac40 h: refs/heads/master v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index f5fe059967b4..fbde088ec2e3 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 017b2ae33c0fc7d70320cc7f1cce0efb6ce8d929 +refs/heads/master: 5e2fb917920c62c5ad260962471aeb578b52ac40 diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/trunk/drivers/scsi/Kconfig index 6a19ed9a1194..9c23122f755f 100644 --- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/Kconfig +++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/Kconfig @@ -258,10 +258,21 @@ config SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC or async on the kernel's command line. config SCSI_WAIT_SCAN - tristate + tristate # No prompt here, this is an invisible symbol. default m depends on SCSI depends on MODULES +# scsi_wait_scan is a loadable module which waits until all the async scans are +# complete. The idea is to use it in initrd/ initramfs scripts. You modprobe +# it after all the modprobes of the root SCSI drivers and it will wait until +# they have all finished scanning their buses before allowing the boot to +# proceed. (This method is not applicable if targets boot independently in +# parallel with the initiator, or with transports with non-deterministic target +# discovery schemes, or if a transport driver does not support scsi_wait_scan.) +# +# This symbol is not exposed as a prompt because little is to be gained by +# disabling it, whereas people who accidentally switch it off may wonder why +# their mkinitrd gets into trouble. menu "SCSI Transports" depends on SCSI