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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-11-21 13:50:33 -0500 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-11-21 13:50:33 -0500 |
commit | efd0bf97deeddd9ba53daabfc470a1399c6b0b2d (patch) | |
tree | eec56da5fbc796bac7c67f1990a18f5e0a304059 /Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt | |
parent | f8a15af093b19b86d56933c8757cee298d0f32a8 (diff) | |
parent | 6fe4c6d466e95d31164f14b1ac4aefb51f0f4f82 (diff) |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
The forcedeth changes had a conflict with the conversion over
to atomic u64 statistics in net-next.
The libertas cfg.c code had a conflict with the bss reference
counting fix by John Linville in net-next.
Conflicts:
drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cfg.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt index 71464e09ec18..b79d0a13e7cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt | |||
@@ -98,14 +98,12 @@ You must enable "SCSI tape drive support for Smart Array 5xxx" and | |||
98 | "SCSI support" in your kernel configuration to be able to use SCSI | 98 | "SCSI support" in your kernel configuration to be able to use SCSI |
99 | tape drives with your Smart Array 5xxx controller. | 99 | tape drives with your Smart Array 5xxx controller. |
100 | 100 | ||
101 | Additionally, note that the driver will not engage the SCSI core at init | 101 | Additionally, note that the driver will engage the SCSI core at init |
102 | time. The driver must be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI core via | 102 | time if any tape drives or medium changers are detected. The driver may |
103 | the /proc filesystem entry which the "block" side of the driver creates as | 103 | also be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI core via the /proc filesystem |
104 | /proc/driver/cciss/cciss* at runtime. This is because at driver init time, | 104 | entry which the "block" side of the driver creates as |
105 | the SCSI core may not yet be initialized (because the driver is a block | 105 | /proc/driver/cciss/cciss* at runtime. This is best done via a script. |
106 | driver) and attempting to register it with the SCSI core in such a case | 106 | |
107 | would cause a hang. This is best done via an initialization script | ||
108 | (typically in /etc/init.d, but could vary depending on distribution). | ||
109 | For example: | 107 | For example: |
110 | 108 | ||
111 | for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]* | 109 | for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]* |