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2011-11-17TTY: ldisc, allow waiting for ldisc arbitrarily longJiri Slaby1-5/+6
To fix a nasty bug in ldisc hup vs. reinit we need to wait infinitely long for ldisc to be gone. So here we add a parameter to tty_ldisc_wait_idle to allow that. This is only a preparation for the real fix which is done in the following patches. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Cc: Dmitriy Matrosov <sgf.dma@gmail.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-11-17Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville4-2/+23
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless into for-davem
2011-11-17Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6Linus Torvalds5-6/+17
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6: [SCSI] hpsa: Disable ASPM [SCSI] aacraid: controller hangs if kernel uses non-default ASPM policy [SCSI] mpt2sas: add missing allocation. [SCSI] Silencing 'killing requests for dead queue' [SCSI] fix WARNING: at drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c:1704
2011-11-17fix typo/thinko in get_random_bytes()Luck, Tony1-1/+1
If there is an architecture-specific random number generator we use it to acquire randomness one "long" at a time. We should put these random words into consecutive words in the result buffer - not just overwrite the first word again and again. Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-11-17platform/x86: fix dell-laptop function prototypesRandy Dunlap1-2/+2
Fix build warnings: drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c:592:13: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c:599:13: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-11-17media/staging: fix allyesconfig build errorRandy Dunlap2-3/+4
Fix x86 allyesconfig builds. Builds fail due to a non-static variable named 'debug' in drivers/staging/media/as102: arch/x86/built-in.o:arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:1296: first defined here ld: Warning: size of symbol `debug' changed from 90 in arch/x86/built-in.o to 4 in drivers/built-in.o Thou shalt have no non-static identifiers that are named 'debug'. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Pierrick Hascoet <pierrick.hascoet@abilis.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-11-17hwmon: (exynos4_tmu) Fix Kconfig dependencyDonggeun Kim1-1/+1
Rename dependency of EXYNOS4_TMU in Kconfig to the existing one. Signed-off-by: Donggeun Kim <dg77.kim@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2011-11-17stmmac: fix pm functions avoiding sleep on spinlockFrancesco Virlinzi1-5/+7
This patch fixes the pm functions to avoid the system sleeps while a spinlock is taken. Signed-off-by: Francesco Virlinzi <francesco.virlinzi@st.com> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17stmmac: remove spin_lock in stmmac_ioctl.Srinivas Kandagatla1-2/+0
This patch removes un-needed spin_lock in stmmac_ioctl while reading and writing mdio registers. While holding spin_lock the code must be atomic, which is not true in this case as both mdiobus_read and writes have mutex locks. Without this patch reading mdio registers via mii-tool results in below BUG: mii-tool -vvv eth0" Using SIOCGMIIPHY=0x8947 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/mutex.c:287 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 614, name: mii-tool 2 locks held by mii-tool/614: #0: (rtnl_mutex){......}, at: [<c01fd80c>] dev_ioctl+0x550/0x674 #1: (&priv->lock){......}, at: [<c01b34ec>] stmmac_ioctl+0x4c/0x78 [<c002ea14>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xcc) from [<c0272c38>] (mutex_lock_nested+0x24/0x35c) [<c0272c38>] (mutex_lock_nested+0x24/0x35c) from [<c01b237c>] (mdiobus_read+0x44/0x70) [<c01b237c>] (mdiobus_read+0x44/0x70) from [<c01b0c64>] (phy_mii_ioctl+0x4c/0x138) [<c01b0c64>] (phy_mii_ioctl+0x4c/0x138) from [<c01b34fc>] (stmmac_ioctl+0x5c/0x78) [<c01b34fc>] (stmmac_ioctl+0x5c/0x78) from [<c01fcec8>] (dev_ifsioc+0x2a4/0x2c8) [<c01fcec8>] (dev_ifsioc+0x2a4/0x2c8) from [<c01fd81c>] (dev_ioctl+0x560/0x674) [<c01fd81c>] (dev_ioctl+0x560/0x674) from [<c00c36e0>] (vfs_ioctl+0x2c/0x8c) [<c00c36e0>] (vfs_ioctl+0x2c/0x8c) from [<c00c4130>] (do_vfs_ioctl+0x530/0x578) [<c00c4130>] (do_vfs_ioctl+0x530/0x578) from [<c00c41ac>] (sys_ioctl+0x34/0x54) [<c00c41ac>] (sys_ioctl+0x34/0x54) from [<c0028aa0>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x2c) Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@st.com> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17stmmac: parameters auto-tuning through HW cap regGiuseppe CAVALLARO3-29/+72
New GMAC devices (newer than the databook 3.50a) have the HW capability register that provides which features are actually supported by the hardware. On old devices many information have to be passed through the platform, for example: enhanced descriptor structure, TX COE etc. These are mandatory to properly configure the driver. This remains still valid because the driver has to support old Synopsys devices but now it's also able to override them using the values from the HW capability register if supported. Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17stmmac: fix advertising 1000Base capabilties for non GMII ifaceSrinivas Kandagatla1-6/+4
This patch fixes the way to stop the 1000Base advertising capabilties for non GMII interfaces. Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@st.com> Acked-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17stmmac: use mdelay on timeout of sw resetFrancesco Virlinzi2-2/+4
This patch uses an mdelay to manage the timeout on sw reset to be independant of cpu_clk. Signed-off-by: Francesco Virlinzi <francesco.virlinzi@st.com> Reviewed-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17libata: fix build without BMDMAAlexander Beregalov1-0/+4
fix these errors: drivers/ata/libata-sff.c:2538:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'ata_pci_bmdma_prepare_host' drivers/ata/libata-sff.c:2549:40: error: 'ata_bmdma_interrupt' undeclared (first use in this function) Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2011-11-17[libata] ahci_platform: fix DT probingRob Herring1-1/+1
The change in commit 904c04feaf13ed "ahci_platform: Add the board_ids..." doesn't work for the DT probing case as platform_get_device_id returns NULL. Pick the default ahci_port_info in this case. Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com> Acked-by: Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@gmail.com> Cc: Richard Zhu <richard.zhu@linaro.org> Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Use DPCD value for max DP lanes.Keith Packard1-14/+9
The BIOS VBT value for an eDP panel has been shown to be incorrect on one machine, and we haven't found any machines where the DPCD value was wrong, so we'll use the DPCD value everywhere. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Reviewed-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Initiate DP link training only on the lanes we'll be usingKeith Packard1-2/+3
Limit the link training setting command to the lanes needed for the current mode. It seems vaguely possible that a monitor will try to train the other lanes and fail in some way, so this seems like the safer plan. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Remove trailing white spaceKeith Packard1-2/+2
Found a couple of bare tabs in intel_dp.c Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Try harder during dp pattern 1 link trainingKeith Packard1-7/+18
Instead of going through the sequence just once, run through the whole set up to 5 times to see if something can work. This isn't part of the DP spec, but the BIOS seems to do it, and given that link training failure is so bad, it seems reasonable to follow suit. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Make DP prepare/commit consistent with DP dpmsKeith Packard1-9/+13
Make sure the sequence of operations in all three functions makes sense: 1) The backlight must be off unless the screen is running 2) The link must be running to turn the eDP panel on/off 3) The CPU eDP PLL must be running until everything is off Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Let panel power sequencing hardware do its jobKeith Packard2-69/+85
The panel power sequencing hardware tracks the stages of panel power sequencing and signals when the panel is completely on or off. Instead of blindly assuming the panel timings will work, poll the panel power status register until it shows the correct values. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Treat PCH eDP like DP in most placesKeith Packard2-34/+72
PCH eDP has many of the same needs as regular PCH DP connections, including the DP_CTl bit settings, the TRANS_DP_CTL register. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Remove link_status field from intel_dp structureKeith Packard1-29/+36
No persistent data was ever stored here, so link_status is instead allocated on the stack as needed. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-11-17drm/i915: Move common PCH_PP_CONTROL setup to ironlake_get_pp_controlKeith Packard1-18/+19
Every usage of PCH_PP_CONTROL sets the PANEL_UNLOCK_REGS value to ensure that writes will be respected, move this to a common function to make the driver cleaner. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
2011-11-17sky2: version 1.30stephen hemminger1-1/+1
Update version number. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17sky2: used fixed RSS keystephen hemminger1-4/+9
Rather than generating a different RSS key on each boot, just use a predetermined value that will map same flow to same value on every device. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17sky2: reduce default Tx ring sizestephen hemminger1-1/+1
The default Tx ring size for the sky2 driver is quite large and could cause excess buffer bloat for many users. The minimum ring size possible and still allow handling the worst case packet on 64bit platforms is 38 which gets rounded up to a power of 2. But most packets only require a couple of ring elements. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17sky2: rename up/down functionsstephen hemminger1-10/+10
The code is clearer if the up/down functions are renamed to open/close like other drivers. Purely syntax change. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17sky2: pci posting issuesstephen hemminger1-0/+3
A couple of the reset and setup paths have possible PCI posting issues. When setting registers, a read is necessary to force the writes to complete. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17sky2: fix hang on shutdown (and other irq issues)stephen hemminger1-18/+27
There are several problems with recent change to how IRQ's are setup. * synchronize_irq in sky2_shutdown would hang because there was no IRQ setup. * when device was set to down, some IRQ bits left enabled so a hardware error would produce IRQ with no handler * quick link on Optima chip set was enabled without handler * suspend/resume would leave IRQ on with no handler if device was down Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17r6040: fix check against MCRO_HASHEN bit in r6040_multicast_listFlorian Fainelli1-1/+1
We are checking whether the MCR0_HASHEN bit is set using a logical and instead of bitwise and, fix that. Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17drm/exynos: fixed wrong err ptr usage and destroy call in execeptionSeung-Woo Kim1-10/+5
- exynos_drm_buf_create() returns err pointer so NULL check is wrong. - Case that exynos_gem_obj is not created, destroy call in exception handle lable uses this pointer. so instead buffer is directly used. Signed-off-by: Seung-Woo Kim <sw0312.kim@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Inki Dae <inki.dae@samsung.com>
2011-11-17drm/exynos: Add disable of managerJoonyoung Shim3-26/+55
Signed-off-by: Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Inki Dae <inki.dae@samsung.com>
2011-11-17pch_gbe: Move #include of module.hJoe Perches1-1/+1
The first #include must be pch_gbe.h as it does a #define of pr_fmt. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17bnx2x: cache-in compressed fw imageDmitry Kravkov2-30/+35
Re-request fw from fs may fail for different reasons, once the fw was loaded we won't release it until driver is removed. This also resolves the boot problem when initial fw is located on initrd, but rootfs is still unavailable, in this case device reset will fail due to absence of fw files. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17net/cadence: enable by default NET_ATMELJean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD1-0/+1
so the defconfig of the atmel continue to have the support of the network as before Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17qeth: Reduce CPU consumption through less SIGA-r callsEinar Lueck1-2/+1
Patch avoids SIGA-r calls in case of SIGA-r required. It only calls SIGA-r if a threshold of free buffer is reached. CPU consumption is reduced as a consequence. Signed-off-by: Einar Lueck <elelueck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17qeth: l3 fix rcu splat in xmitFrank Blaschka1-0/+7
when use dst_get_neighbour to get neighbour, we need rcu_read_lock to protect, since dst_get_neighbour uses rcu_dereference. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17netiucv: reinsert dev_alloc_name for device namingUrsula Braun1-0/+2
Invocation of dev_alloc_name() is re-inserted, because the created net_device name is used to create the device name for the iucv bus. This device is created before the register_netdev call. Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17qeth: remove WARN_ON leftoverChristian Borntraeger1-1/+0
The patch "qeth: exploit asynchronous delivery of storage blocks" added a WARN_ON in qeth_schedule_recovery. A device recovery should not cause a kernel warning. This is obviously a debugging left-over that we forgot to remove. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17qeth: return with -EPERM if sniffing is not enabledUrsula Braun1-2/+2
Without appropriate configuration at the SE, a HiperSockets device cannot be used for sniffing. Setting the sniffer attribute is rejected with -EPERM. Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-17watchdog: fix initialisation printout in s3c2410_wdtDmitry Artamonow1-2/+2
Looks like a typo creeped in, and driver prints s3c2410-wdt s3c2410-wdt: watchdog active, reset abled, irq abled instead of s3c2410-wdt s3c2410-wdt: watchdog active, reset enabled, irq enabled Also it may completely disinform about irq status, as it prints "irq enabled" when S3C2410_WTCON_INTEN is in fact 0. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Artamonow <mad_soft@inbox.ru> Tested-by: Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2011-11-17watchdog: Don't overwrite error value in wm831x_wdt_set_timeout()Mark Brown1-1/+1
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2011-11-16xen-gntalloc: signedness bug in add_grefs()Dan Carpenter1-1/+1
gref->gref_id is unsigned so the error handling didn't work. gnttab_grant_foreign_access() returns an int type, so we can add a cast here, and it doesn't cause any problems. gnttab_grant_foreign_access() can return a variety of errors including -ENOSPC, -ENOSYS and -ENOMEM. CC: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
2011-11-16xen-gntalloc: integer overflow in gntalloc_ioctl_alloc()Dan Carpenter1-1/+1
On 32 bit systems a high value of op.count could lead to an integer overflow in the kzalloc() and gref_ids would be smaller than expected. If the you triggered another integer overflow in "if (gref_size + op.count > limit)" then you'd probably get memory corruption inside add_grefs(). CC: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
2011-11-16xen-gntdev: integer overflow in gntdev_alloc_map()Dan Carpenter1-5/+5
The multiplications here can overflow resulting in smaller buffer sizes than expected. "count" comes from a copy_from_user(). Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
2011-11-16xen/balloon: Avoid OOM when requesting highmemDaniel De Graaf1-2/+2
If highmem pages are requested from the balloon on a system without highmem, the implementation of alloc_xenballooned_pages will allocate all available memory trying to find highmem pages to return. Allow low memory to be returned when highmem pages are requested to avoid this loop. Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
2011-11-16xen: map foreign pages for shared rings by updating the PTEs directlyDavid Vrabel1-3/+8
When mapping a foreign page with xenbus_map_ring_valloc() with the GNTTABOP_map_grant_ref hypercall, set the GNTMAP_contains_pte flag and pass a pointer to the PTE (in init_mm). After the page is mapped, the usual fault mechanism can be used to update additional MMs. This allows the vmalloc_sync_all() to be removed from alloc_vm_area(). Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> [v1: Squashed fix by Michal for no-mmu case] Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
2011-11-16Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds2-6/+19
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: [S390] topology: fix topology on z10 machines [S390] crypto: avoid MSA3 and MSA4 instructions in ESA mode [S390] avoid STCKF if running in ESA mode [S390] zfcpdump: Do not initialize zfcpdump in kdump mode [S390] ap: Setup processing for messages in request queue. [S390] Kconfig: Select CONFIG_KEXEC for CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP [S390] incorrect note program header [S390] pfault: ignore leftover completion interrupts [S390] fix pgste update logic [S390] wire up process_vm syscalls
2011-11-16paride: fix potential information leak in pg_read()Dan Carpenter1-0/+1
Smatch has a new check for Rosenberg type information leaks where structs are copied to the user with uninitialized stack data in them. i In this case, the pg_write_hdr struct has a hole in it. struct pg_write_hdr { char magic; /* 0 1 */ char func; /* 1 1 */ /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */ int dlen; /* 4 4 */ Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Cc: Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-11-16cciss: auto engage SCSI mid layer at driver load timeStephen M. Cameron2-0/+2
A long time ago, probably in 2002, one of the distros, or maybe more than one, loaded block drivers prior to loading the SCSI mid layer. This meant that the cciss driver, being a block driver, could not engage the SCSI mid layer at init time without panicking, and relied on being poked by a userland program after the system was up (and the SCSI mid layer was therefore present) to engage the SCSI mid layer. This is no longer the case, and cciss can safely rely on the SCSI mid layer being present at init time and engage the SCSI mid layer straight away. This means that users will see their tape drives and medium changers at driver load time without need for a script in /etc/rc.d that does this: for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss* do echo "engage scsi" > $x done However, if no tape drives or medium changers are detected, the SCSI mid layer will not be engaged. If a tape drive or medium change is later hot-added to the system it will then be necessary to use the above script or similar for the device(s) to be acceesible. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>