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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-12-30 13:59:37 -0200
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-12-30 13:59:37 -0200
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Merge tag 'v3.2-rc7' into staging/for_v3.3
Linux 3.2-rc7 * tag 'v3.2-rc7': (1304 commits) Linux 3.2-rc7 netfilter: xt_connbytes: handle negation correctly Btrfs: call d_instantiate after all ops are setup Btrfs: fix worker lock misuse in find_worker net: relax rcvbuf limits rps: fix insufficient bounds checking in store_rps_dev_flow_table_cnt() net: introduce DST_NOPEER dst flag mqprio: Avoid panic if no options are provided bridge: provide a mtu() method for fake_dst_ops md/bitmap: It is OK to clear bits during recovery. md: don't give up looking for spares on first failure-to-add md/raid5: ensure correct assessment of drives during degraded reshape. md/linear: fix hot-add of devices to linear arrays. sparc64: Fix MSIQ HV call ordering in pci_sun4v_msiq_build_irq(). pata_of_platform: Add missing CONFIG_OF_IRQ dependency. ipv4: using prefetch requires including prefetch.h VFS: Fix race between CPU hotplug and lglocks vfs: __read_cache_page should use gfp argument rather than GFP_KERNEL USB: Fix usb/isp1760 build on sparc net: Add a flow_cache_flush_deferred function ... Conflicts: drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18218.c drivers/media/video/omap3isp/ispccdc.c drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.h
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@@ -98,14 +98,12 @@ You must enable "SCSI tape drive support for Smart Array 5xxx" and
"SCSI support" in your kernel configuration to be able to use SCSI
tape drives with your Smart Array 5xxx controller.
-Additionally, note that the driver will not engage the SCSI core at init
-time. The driver must be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI core via
-the /proc filesystem entry which the "block" side of the driver creates as
-/proc/driver/cciss/cciss* at runtime. This is because at driver init time,
-the SCSI core may not yet be initialized (because the driver is a block
-driver) and attempting to register it with the SCSI core in such a case
-would cause a hang. This is best done via an initialization script
-(typically in /etc/init.d, but could vary depending on distribution).
+Additionally, note that the driver will engage the SCSI core at init
+time if any tape drives or medium changers are detected. The driver may
+also be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI core via the /proc filesystem
+entry which the "block" side of the driver creates as
+/proc/driver/cciss/cciss* at runtime. This is best done via a script.
+
For example:
for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]*
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