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

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Message-ID: <44F6161B.40508@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:50:03 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.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]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 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.

I agree with that.
But multi-level dependencies are a show-stopper at the moment.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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