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Message-ID: <20070513160608.GA29024@redhat.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 12:06:08 -0400 From: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: why does x86 "make defconfig" build a single, lonely module? On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 11:22:55AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > not a big deal, but is there a reason that a "make defconfig" on my > x86 system ends up selecting and building a single module? > > Building modules, stage 2. > MODPOST 1 modules > CC drivers/scsi/scsi_wait_scan.mod.o > LD [M] drivers/scsi/scsi_wait_scan.ko > > is there something special about that module? just curious. My guess is that someone was paranoid and wanted not to have to answer a zillion "my machine won't boot any more" questions when async scsi scanning was added. This might further clarify.. --- The scsi_wait_scan module is only really useful if async scanning is enabled. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig index e62d23f..0f6c370 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ config SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC config SCSI_WAIT_SCAN tristate default m - depends on SCSI + depends on SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC depends on MODULES menu "SCSI Transports" -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/
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