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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20060831030134.GA4919@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:01:34 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #2]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 05:08:46PM -0400, John Stoffel wrote:
> Maybe the better solution is to remove SCSI as an option, and to just
> offer SCSI drivers and USB-STORAGE and other SCSI core using drivers
> instead.  Then the SCSI core gets pulled in automatically.  It's not
> like people care about the SCSI core, just the drivers which depend on
> it.

People don't want to have to say "no" to umpteen scsi drivers.  They
just want to say "no" to SCSI, because they know they don't have scsi.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/