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Message-ID: <46E2F8B8.5020003@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:32:08 +0200 From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> CC: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig Andi Kleen wrote: > On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 08:30:06PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: >> Andi Kleen wrote: >>> when you've been using CONFIG_IDE before it is not completely >>> obvious you need BLK_SD for your hard disk. >> Switching to different drivers without reading the help text? >> Tough. > > The individual driver descriptions don't say BLK_SD needs to be selected. At least the help to CONFIG_ATA says so. > Besides if all descriptions said that We certainly don't want (too much) redundancy in help texts. > the computer could as well > do it for the user automatically. After all it's a stupid repetive > task and computers are much better at those than humans. In your patch, it is not the computer who finds out that the user wants BLK_SD. It is you who predetermined that the user wants it. -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== =--= -=--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - 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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