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Message-ID: <20080105210330.GC22232@does.not.exist>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:03:30 +0200
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] USB Kconfig: Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage
support
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 11:30:24AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:41:39 +0300 Al Boldi wrote:
>
> >
> > Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage support.
> >
> >
> > Cc: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
> > Cc: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > --- 23.a/drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig
> > +++ 23.b/drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig
> > @@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
> > # USB Storage driver configuration
> > #
> >
> > -comment "NOTE: USB_STORAGE needs SCSI, and 'SCSI disk support' may"
> > - depends on USB
> > -comment "also be needed; see USB_STORAGE Help for more information"
> > - depends on USB
> > -
> > menuconfig USB_STORAGE
> > tristate "USB Mass Storage support"
> > - depends on USB && SCSI
> > + depends on USB
> > + select SCSI
>
> We try not to use 'select' on subsystems and try to limit its use
> to library-like code that is relatively small. Selecting SCSI
> breaks both of those efforts.
>...
_You_ are trying to do this.
For kconfig users, "select" is _much_ better than sending them through
different menus.
cu
Adrian
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