Re: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#510367: initscripts: checkfs.sh runs before /etc/modules processed
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[2009-01-05 13:34] Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>
> Petter Reinholdtsen wrote, on 2009-01-01 21:14:
> > [Arthur Marsh]
> >> After manually observing a reboot, it appears that although module
> >> eata is successfully loaded before filesystems are checked, the
> >> device files for the SCSI disk are created asynchronously, in my
> >> case after the filesystem check script has attempted to check the
> >> filesystems on the SCSI disk.
> >
> > Right. So you have been hit by the introduction of asynchronous
> > behaviour of the Linux kernel. I have no good idea how to solve it.
> > We need to make the early boot system asynchronous too to avoid such
> > problems. It also affect USB disks and other busses with slow
> > discovery process. :(
> >
> > Happy hacking,
>
> Would this behaviour be changed by changing from
>
> CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y
>
> to:
>
> CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=n
>
> in the kernel configuration?
Dear maintainers of linux, could you please take a look at this issue?
Is there any smart way to wait for this asyncronous behaviour?
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