linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] SCSI: split Kconfig menu into two

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Date:	Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:11:45 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	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>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] SCSI: split Kconfig menu into two

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 03:20:06PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
>> It still doesn't entirely clarify whether users need sd, sr, st, and
>> whether thy need sd for the disk with root filesystem.
> 
> If you want to do it in a really perfect way, help texts aren't the 
> solution. You'll have to make the options like CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR no 
> longer be user visible and select'ed through dummy options like e.g.:
...
> 	tristate "USB Mass Storage hard disk support"
> 	depends on USB_STORAGE
> 	select BLK_DEV_SD
...
>         tristate "USB Mass Storage CD/DVD support"
>         depends on USB_STORAGE
> 	select BLK_DEV_SR
...

Perfect is in the eye of the beholder.  You would consequently have to
add such options into all menus which contain scsi low-level providers.

Also, one more question on whether CONFIG_SCSI ought to be 'select'ed:
Where do scsi-core options like CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS go?
-- 
Stefan Richter
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