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.
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