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Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:08:53 +0900
From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Unable to find root fs with libata only 2.6.18-mm3
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[cc'ing linux-ide]

Ed Sweetman wrote:
> My question is, do I still need to compile in scsi disk/cdrom/generic 
> support into my kernel to get libata devices to work or is there some 
> other syntax i'm missing?    Libata detects my drives, but as far as I 
> could see, and it flies by too fast to read, no device nodes were 
> assigned to them.

Yes, you do need to select SCSI high level drivers you need - sd and sr 
should suffice for libata.

> If you do need scsi support, why isn't that done automatically when you 
> select your libata drivers? or at least a pointer in the "Help" dialog 
> to tell you to enable that ?

Probably because no other SCSI low level driver selects high level 
driver automatically.  I agree that we need better help message.  Feel 
free to submit patch.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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