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

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Message-ID: <20060830214356.GO18276@stusta.de>
Date:	Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:43:56 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>, 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]

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:33:36PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Roman Zippel wrote:
> >On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Stefan Richter wrote:
> >>An easy but crude fix would be to add an according hint at the help text 
> >>of
> >>the immediately superordinate config option.
> [...]
> >You can also add a simple comment which is only visible if !SCSI.
> 
> Thanks, I will do so.

Please don't do this.

USB_STORAGE switched from a depending on SCSI to select'ing SCSI three 
years ago, and ATA in 2.6.19 will also select SCSI for a good reason:

When doing anything kconfig related, you must always remember that the 
vast majority of kconfig users are not kernel hackers.

> Stefan Richter

cu
Adrian

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