Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967828AbWLDXoj (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:44:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S967853AbWLDXoj (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:44:39 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:39578 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S967828AbWLDXoi (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:44:38 -0500 Message-ID: <4574B2E4.8060206@garzik.org> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:44:36 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) 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-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 546 Lines: 17 Bernard Pidoux wrote: > I am asking why need to compile the following modules while I do not > have any SCSI device ? libata uses SCSI to provide a lot of infrastructure that it would otherwise have to recreate. Also, using SCSI meant that it automatically worked in existing installers. Jeff - 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/