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

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Message-ID: <44F43135.4070703@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:21:09 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
CC:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer
 [try #2]

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 05:23:05PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
>> > >  config USB_STORAGE
>> > >  	tristate "USB Mass Storage support"
>> > > -	depends on USB
>> > > +	depends on USB && BLOCK
>> > 
>> > ditto.
>> 
>> ditto?
> 
> Same as above.  USB_STORAGE already selects scsi so it shouldn't need
> to depend on block.

David,
same with config IEEE1394_SBP2.

(sbp2 and usb-storage use one to two block layer symbols directly for
the single purpose to tune the SCSI request queue. I.e. they depend on
BLOCK just because they are SCSI drivers.)
-- 
Stefan Richter
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