Bug 190516

Summary:	sys-apps/rescan-scsi-bus doesn't work without legacy /proc/scsi with recent kernels
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Christian Korff <christian.korff>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Christian Korff 2007-08-28 13:14:01 UTC

sys-apps/rescan-scsi-bus doesn't work with the obsolete /proc/scsi

# rescan-scsi-bus.sh 
Error: SCSI subsystem not active

A workaround is to turn CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS on. I ran into this since the new sys-apps/sg3_utils/sg3_utils-1.24 requires rescan-scsi-bus.
I took a short look at the script. It's hardcoded to check if /proc/scsi is a directory. It looks like it has support for sysfs but still rely on at least this point on /proc/scsi.

So, I beliefe at least we should do a warning in the ebuild. But maybe someone has the time and intrest to really fix this.

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2008-01-15 09:11:00 UTC

fixed in cvs.