Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 09:29:11 +0200 (CEST)
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
cc: Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>,
       Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig
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On Sep 8 2007 09:05, Stefan Richter wrote:
>config ATA
>	[...]
>
>comment "Controller drivers"
>
>[...low-level drivers go here...]
>
>comment "Storage device drivers"
>
>config ATA_SD
>	tristate "SATA/PATA HDD support (via SCSI disk support)"
>	depends on ATA
>	select BLK_DEV_SD
>	help
>	  'SCSI disk support' is required to access SATA HDDs.  It is
>	  also necessary for parallel ATA (IDE) HDDs if you use the
>	  experimental parallel ATA option.
>
>	  You can say Y or M here to select SCSI disk support, or you
>	  can do so in the 'SCSI device support' section.
>
>[...ditto for CD/DVD-ROMs, tapes, and generic support...]

And what uses ATA_SD, or is the user supposed to manually enable it?


	Jan
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