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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/scsi_start17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/scsi_start b/scripts/scsi_start
index 226e9f2a..cad370a5 100755
--- a/scripts/scsi_start
+++ b/scripts/scsi_start
@@ -5,22 +5,26 @@
# Spin up the given SCSI disk(s).
#
# SCSI disks (or disks that understand SCSI commands)
-# are assumed. The immediate bit is set so the command
-# should return immediately. The disk however will take
-# 10 seconds or more to spin up.
+# are assumed. By default, the immediate bit is set so the
+# command should return immediately. The disk however will
+# take 10 seconds or more to spin up. The '-w' option
+# causes each start to wait until the disk reports that it
+# has started.
#
# This script assumes the sg3_utils package is installed.
#
###############################################
verbose=""
+immediate="-i"
usage()
{
- echo "Usage: scsi_start [-h] [-v] <device>+"
+ echo "Usage: scsi_start [-h] [-v] [-w] <device>+"
echo " where:"
echo " -h, --help print usage message"
echo " -v, --verbose more verbose output"
+ echo " -w, --wait wait for each start to complete"
echo ""
echo "Send SCSI START STOP UNIT command to start each <device>"
}
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ while test ! -z "$opt" -a -z "${opt##-*}"; do
case "$opt" in
h|-help) usage ; exit 0 ;;
v|-verbose) verbose="-v" ;;
+ w|-wait) immediate="" ;;
*) echo "Unknown option: -$opt " ; exit 1 ;;
esac
shift
@@ -45,6 +50,6 @@ done
for i
do
- echo "sg_start -i 1 $verbose $i"
- sg_start -i 1 $verbose $i
+ echo "sg_start $immediate 1 $verbose $i"
+ sg_start $immediate 1 $verbose $i
done