Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758623AbXENRdj (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 13:33:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756357AbXENRd3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 13:33:29 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:34773 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756256AbXENRd2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 13:33:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 19:29:12 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: James Bottomley cc: Simon Arlott , "Robert P. J. Day" , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: why does x86 "make defconfig" build a single, lonely module? In-Reply-To: <1179078537.3723.53.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Message-ID: References: <20070513160608.GA29024@redhat.com> <1179072655.3723.42.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1179073670.3723.48.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <46474E1A.6080904@simon.arlott.org.uk> <1179078537.3723.53.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 636 Lines: 20 On May 13 2007 12:48, James Bottomley wrote: > >> Why does ATA select SCSI anyway? Surely PATA doesn't require it? > >That's a bit offtopic and to the wrong list. > >libata-pata does require SCSI ... And in the long run, that SCSI parts which are actually used by ATA should be factored out so that SCSI really is SCSI again, and not "Common layer for SCSI, SATA and PATA" or so. Jan -- - 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/