I was wondering what the policy on using scsi_add_device and scsi_remove_device in the scsi lower layer drivers?
The mpt fusion driver can receive device add/remove asynchronous events from the firmware. The driver is notified of device change events from contents of the driver interrupt routine. (1) Is it okay for scsi lower layer drivers report device changes to the scsi mid-layer when the events are received, using scsi_add_device and scsi_remove_device? (2) Or do we have to do this thru applications? Meaning using SySFS and the following: echo "1" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan echo "1" > /sys/class/scsi_device/H:C:T:L/device/delete (3) How does the app know about the asyn events? Is it okay for scsi lower layer driver use the async API: kill_fasync(handle, SIGIO,POLL_IN) fasync_helper() .fasync entry point in the IOCTL path? Eric Moore Standard Storage Products Division LSI Logic Corporation - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
