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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig index 6a19ed9a119..9c23122f755 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig +++ b/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 |