linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] USB Kconfig: Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage support

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801060643370.16883@asgard.lang.hm>
Date:	Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:45:05 -0800 (PST)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, 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 Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Stefan Richter wrote:

> Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:18:48PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
>>> I'm afraid this can't be put into practice.  (User says which hardware
>>> and protocols he needs to be supported, scripts magically assemble a
>>> suitable configuration.)
>>
>> Distribution installers and live CDs like Knoppix even manage to
>> magically assemble a suitable configuration (e.g. autodetecting which
>> modules they should load) without asking the user any questions.
>
> Module autoloading is quite different.

but if boot scripts can figure out what modules to autoload, why can't 
scripts be written to figure out what drives to build into a system?

David Lang
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