On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 21:48 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > + msleep_interruptible(ms); > > > + if (ms < 60000) > > > + ms <<= 1; > > > > Is this timeout only for the disk spinup, or also for detecting > media > > added at run time, like inserting a DVD? One minute timeout for > > detecting a DVD would sound very long to me. > > It's not for inserting DVDs, only for new devices showing up in the > repository. > Apparently new devices may keep on showing up a while after boot up, > but I > think this matters only for the kboot kernel, that's why I went with > the > exponential back-off with upper limit.
Why not just have a kthread poll at 2 second interval for new devices or removed ones ? (And not for request processing) Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
