Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934299AbXEMQG0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 May 2007 12:06:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758359AbXEMQGR (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 May 2007 12:06:17 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:48922 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756260AbXEMQGQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 May 2007 12:06:16 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 12:06:08 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: why does x86 "make defconfig" build a single, lonely module? Message-ID: <20070513160608.GA29024@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , "Robert P. J. Day" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1348 Lines: 47 On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 11:22:55AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > not a big deal, but is there a reason that a "make defconfig" on my > x86 system ends up selecting and building a single module? > > Building modules, stage 2. > MODPOST 1 modules > CC drivers/scsi/scsi_wait_scan.mod.o > LD [M] drivers/scsi/scsi_wait_scan.ko > > is there something special about that module? just curious. My guess is that someone was paranoid and wanted not to have to answer a zillion "my machine won't boot any more" questions when async scsi scanning was added. This might further clarify.. --- The scsi_wait_scan module is only really useful if async scanning is enabled. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig index e62d23f..0f6c370 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ config SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC config SCSI_WAIT_SCAN tristate default m - depends on SCSI + depends on SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC depends on MODULES menu "SCSI Transports" -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/