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Message-ID: <20070914211125.GB5384@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:11:25 -0400 From: lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> Cc: James Bottomley <james.bottomley@...eleye.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI: update Kconfig help text to indicate SCSI core's widespread usage On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 11:06:44PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > On 14 Sep, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 10:14:16PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > >> - If you want to use a SCSI or FireWire CD-ROM under Linux, > >> + If you want to use a SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, > >> say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO and the CDROM-HOWTO at > >> <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also make sure to say > >> Y or M to "ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system support" later. > > > > How about that one for libata driven PATA CDROM drives? Could replace > > SATA with libata, or something similar. > > > From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> > Subject: SCSI: update Kconfig help text to indicate SCSI core's widespread usage > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> > --- > drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/drivers/scsi/Kconfig > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/drivers/scsi/Kconfig > +++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/drivers/scsi/Kconfig > @@ -12,23 +12,31 @@ config SCSI > depends on BLOCK > select SCSI_DMA if HAS_DMA > ---help--- > - If you want to use a SCSI hard disk, SCSI tape drive, SCSI CD-ROM or > - any other SCSI device under Linux, say Y and make sure that you know > - the name of your SCSI host adapter (the card inside your computer > - that "speaks" the SCSI protocol, also called SCSI controller), > - because you will be asked for it. > - > - You also need to say Y here if you have a device which speaks > - the SCSI protocol. Examples of this include the parallel port > - version of the IOMEGA ZIP drive, USB storage devices, Fibre > - Channel, FireWire storage and the IDE-SCSI emulation driver. > + This option enables core support for SCSI protocols. > + You need it > + - for classic parallel SCSI hardware, > + - for newer SCSI transports such as Fibre Channel, FireWire storage, > + or iSCSI, > + - for non-SCSI hardware which speaks SCSI protocols, such as USB > + storage devices or the parallel port version of Iomega Zip drive, > + - for non-SCSI hardware whose drivers translate from and to SCSI > + protocols, most notably all Serial ATA drivers, and Parallel ATA > + via the ATA configuration option. > > To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read > <file:Documentation/scsi/scsi.txt>. > The module will be called scsi_mod. > > However, do not compile this as a module if your root file system > - (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device. > + (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device > + or on a device whose driver represents it as SCSI device, as > + indicated above. Choose Y in this case, or set up an initrd. > + > + Subsequent options in this menu enable specific SCSI command set > + support for harddisks, CD/DVD-ROM/R/W, tapes etc.. This menu also > + presents options for specific SCSI controllers, while options for > + some other SCSI transports and all non-SCSI controllers are located > + in other menus (SATA, USB, FireWire etc.). > > config SCSI_DMA > bool > @@ -57,32 +65,27 @@ config SCSI_PROC_FS > > If unsure say Y. > > -comment "SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)" > +comment "SCSI command set drivers (disk, tape, CD-ROM)" > depends on SCSI > > config BLK_DEV_SD > - tristate "SCSI disk support" > + tristate "Harddisks and other Direct access devices" > depends on SCSI > ---help--- > - If you want to use SCSI hard disks, Fibre Channel disks, > - Serial ATA (SATA) or Parallel ATA (PATA) hard disks, > - USB storage or the SCSI or parallel port version of > - the IOMEGA ZIP drive, say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO, > - the Disk-HOWTO and the Multi-Disk-HOWTO, available from > - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. This is NOT for SCSI > - CD-ROMs. > + Say Y if you want to use harddisks and similar block-oriented devices > + via SCSI or via drivers which use SCSI command sets (e.g. the Serial > + and Parallel ATA kernel subsystem, USB, and more). > > To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read > <file:Documentation/scsi/scsi.txt>. > The module will be called sd_mod. > > - Do not compile this driver as a module if your root file system > - (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI disk. > - In this case, do not compile the driver for your SCSI host adapter > - (below) as a module either. > + If your root file system (the one containing the directory /) is > + located on a disk which accessed via this driver, choose Y instead of > + M or set up a suitable initrd. > > config CHR_DEV_ST > - tristate "SCSI tape support" > + tristate "Tape drives" > depends on SCSI > ---help--- > If you want to use a SCSI tape drive under Linux, say Y and read the > @@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ config CHR_DEV_ST > <file:Documentation/scsi/scsi.txt>. The module will be called st. > > config CHR_DEV_OSST > - tristate "SCSI OnStream SC-x0 tape support" > + tristate "SCSI OnStream SC-x0 tape drives" > depends on SCSI > ---help--- > The OnStream SC-x0 SCSI tape drives cannot be driven by the > @@ -117,13 +120,13 @@ config CHR_DEV_OSST > <file:Documentation/scsi/scsi.txt>. The module will be called osst. > > config BLK_DEV_SR > - tristate "SCSI CDROM support" > + tristate "CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs" > depends on SCSI > ---help--- > - If you want to use a SCSI or FireWire CD-ROM under Linux, > - say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO and the CDROM-HOWTO at > - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also make sure to say > - Y or M to "ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system support" later. > + Say Y if you want to use CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs via SCSI or via drivers > + which use SCSI command sets (e.g. the Serial and Parallel ATA kernel > + subsystem, USB, and more). Also make sure to say Y or M to "ISO 9660 > + CD-ROM file system support" later. > > To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read > <file:Documentation/scsi/scsi.txt>. > @@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ config CHR_DEV_SG > If unsure, say N. > > config CHR_DEV_SCH > - tristate "SCSI media changer support" > + tristate "SCSI media changers" > depends on SCSI > ---help--- > This is a driver for SCSI media changers. Most common devices are Looks great. I like it. -- Len Sorensen - 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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