linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] USB Kconfig: Reorganize USB Kconfig Menu

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Date:	Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:50:16 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] USB Kconfig: Reorganize USB Kconfig Menu

Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 01:20:46PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
>> Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 06:40:38PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
>>>> Reorganize USB Kconfig Menu, and move USB_GADGET out into the Device
>>>> Driver Menu. ?This helps the USB Kconfig Menu to be more logical/usable.
>>>>
>>>> Patchset against 2.6.23
>>> So what was the final verdict in this patch set?
>> IMHO, it's a lot better than what we have right now, and it's split up so 
>> that you can pick and choose what you think is useful.
>>
>>> Can you rsend this against 2.6.24-rc7 with the requested changes (if
>>> any) in it?
>> The only critical change is in patch 2/5:
>>
>>         menuconfig USB_STORAGE
>>         tristate "USB Mass Storage support"
>> -       depends on USB && SCSI
>> +       depends on USB && BLOCK
>> +       select SCSI
>>
>>
>> I was hoping you could take care of it, or maybe wait until 2.6.25 is out.
> 
> Well, if you want such a change to go into 2.6.25, I need the patches
> now :)
> 
> So, can you respin these against 2.6.24-rc7, with the above fix, so that
> I can apply them and test them out?

May I repeat my request that nobody does "select SCSI", please?

Al Boldy, would you please explain like I asked you:
  - what is wrong with the current solution which tells the user to
    first enable SCSI to get the USB_STORAGE option,
  - whether there are frequent end-user requests which demonstrate
    that many people currently don't realize how to enable USB_STORAGE.

Please use "select" carefully, particularly *only* for options which
enable simple compact library-like code which
  - is small,
  - doesn't itself depend on anything,
  - doesn't has further configuration options in some other menu.
None of this applies to CONFIG_SCSI.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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