Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759723AbWLDV1X (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:27:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759726AbWLDV1X (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:27:23 -0500 Received: from smtp7-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.64]:54354 "EHLO smtp7-g19.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759723AbWLDV1W (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:27:22 -0500 Message-ID: <457492B2.2050107@ccr.jussieu.fr> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:27:14 +0100 From: Bernard Pidoux Organization: Universite Pierre & Marie Curie - Paris 6 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Why SCSI module needed for PCI-IDE ATA only disks ? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1858 Lines: 45 I am asking why need to compile the following modules while I do not have any SCSI device ? Modules Loaded rose netrom mkiss ax25 crc16 mach64 drm nfsd exportfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc ipv6 snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq ne2k_pci 8390 snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_ens1371 gameport snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus af_packet snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd soundcore floppy ide_cd binfmt_misc loop supermount ahci ata_piix libata scsi_mod dm_mod cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave speedstep_lib freq_table intel_agp agpgart uhci_hcd usbcore evdev tsdev ext3 jbd Hardware is : 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) 00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 06) 00:0d.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20262 (FastTrak66/Ultra66) (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) ata_piix needs scsi_mod When making menuconfig, the need to select SCSI submenu options seems rather surprising to me for an IDE ATA disk only system. Bernard Pidoux - 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/