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Message-ID: <tkrat.0e73b94c1e80a481@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:14:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> To: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca> 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: [PATCH update] SCSI: update Kconfig help text to indicate SCSI core's widespread usage Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> --- And one more update: There is SAS too, and I forgot 'is' in "on a disk which __ accessed via". 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, + SAS, 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 is accessed via this driver, choose Y rather + than 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 -- 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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