linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #2]

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Date:	Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:31:51 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...nheim.fh-wedel.de>
CC:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer
 [try #2]

Jörn Engel wrote:
...
> The actual problem existed before select just as it does afterwards.
> People have to search extensively though Kconfig files to come up with
> a useful .config.  Before people had to magically know that
> USB_STORAGE requires SCSI.  "Magically" because USB_STORAGE didn't
> show up in either make menuconfig, make xconfig or .config.  Now
> people have to magically know that SCSI=n requires USB_STORAGE=n.

Yes and no. In the latter case, they have to magically know that at
least menuconfig and xconfig can be tricked to list depending options.

> What this shows is that select was a bad idea, as it merely shifted
> the problem around instead of fixing it.  It appears as if Stefan is
> looking in the right direction for a decent fix and I'd like to see
> patches from him.
...

Could be a fun project right after Stefan R got rid of the kernel
freezes (months old) and data corruptions (years old) assigned to him at
bugzilla.kernel.org...
-- 
Stefan Richter
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