linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] USB Kconfig: Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage support

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:03:30 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] USB Kconfig: Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage
	support

On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 11:30:24AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:41:39 +0300 Al Boldi wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage support.
> > 
> > 
> > Cc: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
> > Cc: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > --- 23.a/drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig
> > +++ 23.b/drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig
> > @@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
> >  # USB Storage driver configuration
> >  #
> >  
> > -comment "NOTE: USB_STORAGE needs SCSI, and 'SCSI disk support' may"
> > -	depends on USB
> > -comment "also be needed; see USB_STORAGE Help for more information"
> > -	depends on USB
> > -
> >  menuconfig USB_STORAGE
> >  	tristate "USB Mass Storage support"
> > -	depends on USB && SCSI
> > +	depends on USB
> > +	select SCSI
> 
> We try not to use 'select' on subsystems and try to limit its use
> to library-like code that is relatively small.  Selecting SCSI
> breaks both of those efforts.
>...

_You_ are trying to do this.

For kconfig users, "select" is _much_ better than sending them through 
different menus.

cu
Adrian

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