Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750706AbWAPMNc (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:13:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750735AbWAPMNb (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:13:31 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:2436 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750706AbWAPMNb (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:13:31 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:13:28 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: lkml , jgarzik , jejb Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] SATA in its own config menu Message-ID: <20060116121328.GA12871@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , "Randy.Dunlap" , lkml , jgarzik , jejb References: <20060115135728.7b13996d.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060115135728.7b13996d.rdunlap@xenotime.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 851 Lines: 20 On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 01:57:28PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > From: Randy Dunlap > > Put SATA into its own menu. Reason: using SCSI is an > implementation detail that users need not know about. > > Enabling SATA selects SCSI since SATA uses SCSI as a function > library supplier. It also enables BLK_DEV_SD since that is > what SATA drives look like in Linux. we'll soon support (or already do?) support sata atapi, when this won't be true anymore. Please never select scsi upper drivers from lower drivers, this independence is the whole point of the layered architecture. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/