From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:30:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:30:48 -0400 Received: from web13905.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.175.68]:27911 "HELO web13905.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:30:36 -0400 Message-ID: <20010730173044.69085.qmail@web13905.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:30:44 -0700 (PDT) From: majordomo kernel Subject: Re: new scsi hardware detection in 2.4.7(pre) To: Keith Owens , Olaf Hering Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <24749.996500350@ocs3.ocs-net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing It makes more sense if U can send a copy to SCSI group too.People like Eric and many others only looks at the linux-scsi group.I think by doing this U can cater to a wider group of people and more specifically this sort of issues are relavant to both -kernel and scsi group. I hope and expect that in future this will be taken care of. Thanx --- Keith Owens wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:31:17 +0200, > Olaf Hering wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 24, Keith Owens wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:10:19 +0200, > >> Olaf Hering wrote: > >> >I get this on non-scsi systems with scsi > compiled into the kernel: > >> > > >> >SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 > >> >request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not > mounted > >> >request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not > mounted > >> >request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not > mounted > >> > >> The SCSI midlayer is trying to load the SCSI host > adapter, that is an > >> unavoidable side effect of including SCSI > support. Because no adapter > >> is found, kmod tries to automatically load a > module that can find a > >> host adapter. The "Root fs not mounted" message > occurs when you try to > >> load any module before / is mounted. > > > >Does that make any sense? I mean, there are some > scsi drivers, none of > >them found a valid device, why do we look for more > drivers? It would > >make sense if there are no low level device drivers > in the kernel > >binary. > > There is no way for the mid layer to distinguish > between "no SCSI card > configured into kernel" and "SCSI card configured > but failed to detect > hardware". Even when there is a card built into the > kernel, it still > makes sense to scan for modules if the initial card > failed. That gives > you fallback to modules when you change your > hardware. > > If you boot a SCSI kernel on a non-SCSI box then you > should alias > scsi_hostadapter off. You still get the 'Root fs > not mounted' warning > messages, just ignore them. If you are using one > kernel build for lots > of different hardware you should be using initrd, > then the root fs > messages go away as well. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/