From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no>
Cc: rddunlap@osdl.org, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk,
dsd@gentoo.org, jhf@rivenstone.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au, opengeometry@yahoo.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Wait and retry mounting root device (revised)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:49:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050118004935.7bd4a099.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41ECC8AF.9020404@hist.no>
Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no> wrote:
>
> The USB block driver should know that 10s (or whatever) hasn't yet
> passed, and simply
> block any attempt to access block devices (or scan for them) knowing
> that it will
> not work yet, but any device will be there after the pause. A root mount
> on USB will
> then succeed at the _first_ try everytime, so no need for retries.
Maybe a simple delay somewhere in the boot sequence would suffice? Boot
with `mount_delay=10'.
But it sure would be nice to simply get this stuff right somehow. If the
USB block driver knows that discovery is still in progress it should wait
until it has completed. (I suggested that before, but wasn't 100% convinced
by the answer).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-18 8:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 141+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-14 8:23 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andrew Morton
2005-01-14 8:47 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andi Kleen
2005-01-14 9:27 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-14 10:27 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Nikita Danilov
2005-01-14 10:38 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andi Kleen
2005-01-14 11:06 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-14 15:31 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-14 21:11 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-14 22:58 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tim Bird
2005-01-15 0:20 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andi Kleen
2005-01-15 4:25 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-15 1:06 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-15 4:18 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 2:38 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-16 6:00 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 16:52 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-16 21:18 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-17 1:37 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-17 2:24 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-17 12:20 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-17 20:32 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-17 22:31 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-17 22:42 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Robert Wisniewski
2005-01-17 23:26 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-17 23:41 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-18 0:02 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-18 3:05 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-17 13:54 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-17 21:27 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-17 23:57 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-18 4:03 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-18 4:30 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Aaron Cohen
2005-01-18 4:46 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-18 8:07 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tom Zanussi
2005-01-18 16:40 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-18 19:37 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tom Zanussi
2005-01-18 15:31 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-21 6:26 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-21 22:23 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-23 7:43 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-23 7:52 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-23 8:28 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-24 0:38 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-25 9:12 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-18 1:13 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-18 2:52 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-17 17:02 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tom Zanussi
2005-01-16 19:05 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tom Zanussi
2005-01-19 11:14 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-19 16:53 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tom Zanussi
2005-01-16 16:14 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-16 19:47 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 20:30 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tom Zanussi
2005-01-19 11:11 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-14 15:24 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Roman Zippel
2005-01-18 11:19 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Masami Hiramatsu
2005-01-18 11:46 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andi Kleen
2005-01-18 14:52 ` [Lkst-develop] 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Masami Hiramatsu
2005-01-14 12:36 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Miklos Szeredi
2005-01-14 13:04 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Kasper Sandberg
2005-01-14 18:35 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andrew Morton
2005-01-14 19:08 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Rogério Brito
2005-01-14 19:41 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Peter Buckingham
2005-01-17 17:04 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Matthias Urlichs
2005-01-14 19:02 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Bill Davidsen
2005-01-14 15:07 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Barry K. Nathan
2005-01-14 16:56 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Dave Jones
2005-01-14 17:55 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Barry K. Nathan
2005-01-19 23:06 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Marcos D. Marado Torres
2005-01-19 23:54 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Barry K. Nathan
2005-01-14 15:35 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-01-14 22:03 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-14 17:35 ` [patch] 2.6.11-rc1-mm1: ip_tables.c: ipt_find_target must be EXPORT_SYMBOL'ed Adrian Bunk
2005-01-14 17:43 ` Patrick McHardy
2005-01-14 22:41 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tim Bird
2005-01-14 22:46 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-14 23:22 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Tim Bird
2005-01-15 0:24 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-15 1:27 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 16:18 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-15 13:08 ` [RFC] Instrumentation (was Re: 2.6.11-rc1-mm1) Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-16 2:09 ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 3:11 ` Roman Zippel
2005-01-16 4:23 ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 23:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-17 1:54 ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-17 10:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-17 20:34 ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-17 22:18 ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-17 23:57 ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-18 8:46 ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-18 16:31 ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-19 7:13 ` Werner Almesberger
2005-01-19 17:38 ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-14 22:48 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andre Eisenbach
2005-01-15 8:42 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Miklos Szeredi
2005-01-15 8:45 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Miklos Szeredi
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2005-01-14 23:09 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-15 0:01 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-15 0:26 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andrew Morton
2005-01-15 1:00 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-15 1:25 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-15 10:20 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-16 4:13 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 15:19 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Robert Wisniewski
2005-01-15 1:14 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-15 9:57 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Thomas Gleixner
2005-01-16 16:21 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-16 19:49 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 20:11 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Robert Wisniewski
2005-01-16 20:32 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Andrew Morton
2005-01-16 21:06 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Robert Wisniewski
2005-01-16 21:40 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-17 15:48 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Robert Wisniewski
2005-01-17 16:13 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-17 21:38 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Karim Yaghmour
2005-01-16 20:39 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-16 21:14 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Robert Wisniewski
2005-01-15 2:58 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 William Lee Irwin III
2005-01-17 22:19 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 William Lee Irwin III
2005-01-16 0:59 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Joseph Fannin
2005-01-16 19:09 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Daniel Drake
2005-01-16 19:20 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 William Lee Irwin III
2005-01-16 21:09 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Daniel Drake
2005-01-17 23:31 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 J.A. Magallon
2005-01-18 2:35 ` 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Daniel Drake
2005-01-18 2:54 ` [PATCH] Wait and retry mounting root device (revised) Daniel Drake
2005-01-18 0:34 ` Al Viro
2005-01-18 0:02 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-01-18 8:05 ` Andries Brouwer
2005-01-18 8:28 ` Helge Hafting
2005-01-18 8:49 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2005-01-18 13:20 ` Helge Hafting
2005-01-20 20:55 ` [PATCH] Configurable delay before mounting root device Daniel Drake
2005-01-20 20:24 ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-21 18:15 ` Daniel Drake
2005-01-20 22:49 ` William Park
2005-01-18 1:03 ` [PATCH] Wait and retry mounting root device (revised) William Park
2005-01-19 0:43 ` Werner Almesberger
2005-01-18 8:02 ` Andries Brouwer
2005-01-19 20:11 ` Frank van Maarseveen
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