linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: libsas depends on HAS

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Message-Id: <200905112316.20574.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Mon, 11 May 2009 23:16:20 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: libsas depends on HAS_DMA

On Monday 11 May 2009 22:59:44 James Bottomley wrote:
> Actually, looking at this further, the problem is only in the ata
> compatibility layer because of the way libata does dma mapping on behalf
> of drivers, so the solution below (just disable SATA support if HAS_DMA
> isn't defined) will work without requiring select dependency
> modification.

Ah, in that case, the patch should not be needed at all, because
SCSI_SAS_ATA already depends on ATA, and I also submitted a patch
to make ATA depend on HAS_DMA.

Thanks for looking at it.

	Arnd <><
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