Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937417AbWLDV7e (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:59:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937420AbWLDV7e (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:59:34 -0500 Received: from iriserv.iradimed.com ([69.44.168.233]:59174 "EHLO iradimed.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S937417AbWLDV7c (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:59:32 -0500 Message-ID: <45749A63.1040009@cfl.rr.com> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:00:03 -0500 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernard Pidoux CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why SCSI module needed for PCI-IDE ATA only disks ? References: <457492B2.2050107@ccr.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <457492B2.2050107@ccr.jussieu.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Dec 2006 21:59:47.0233 (UTC) FILETIME=[8363D910:01C717EF] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.2.0.1122-3.6.1039-14854.000 X-TM-AS-Result: No--6.510100-5.000000-31 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 542 Lines: 14 Bernard Pidoux wrote: > I am asking why need to compile the following modules while I do not > have any SCSI device ? Because your hardware is driven by a libata based driver. This means it is a scsi bus driver and thus, requires mod_scsi and the scsi disk module to access disks on the bus. - 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/