Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758208AbXINSyr (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:54:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755880AbXINSyg (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:54:36 -0400 Received: from caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca ([129.97.134.17]:50732 "EHLO caffeine.uwaterloo.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755662AbXINSyf (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:54:35 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:54:34 -0400 To: Stefan Richter Cc: James Bottomley , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik , Andi Kleen , Folkert van Heusden , Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI: update Kconfig help text to indicate SCSI core's widespread usage Message-ID: <20070914185434.GD5386@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <20070907124800.GP16806@vanheusden.com> <1189371621.3526.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070909210329.GE25798@one.firstfloor.org> <46E46190.6080607@garzik.org> <20070912224655.GC3563@stusta.de> <46EAA08F.30703@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20070914151522.GL3563@stusta.de> <46EAAAC1.3050409@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3434 Lines: 76 On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:53PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter > --- > > Applicable to 2.6.23-rc6 and to scsi-misc. > > drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------ > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/drivers/scsi/Kconfig > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/drivers/scsi/Kconfig > +++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/drivers/scsi/Kconfig > @@ -12,23 +12,31 @@ config SCSI > depends on BLOCK > select SCSI_DMA if HAS_DMA > ---help--- > - If you want to use a SCSI hard disk, SCSI tape drive, SCSI CD-ROM or > - any other SCSI device under Linux, say Y and make sure that you know > - the name of your SCSI host adapter (the card inside your computer > - that "speaks" the SCSI protocol, also called SCSI controller), > - because you will be asked for it. > - > - You also need to say Y here if you have a device which speaks > - the SCSI protocol. Examples of this include the parallel port > - version of the IOMEGA ZIP drive, USB storage devices, Fibre > - Channel, FireWire storage and the IDE-SCSI emulation driver. > + This option enables core support for SCSI protocols. > + You need it > + - for classic parallel SCSI hardware, > + - for newer SCSI transports such as Fibre Channel, FireWire storage, > + or iSCSI, > + - for non-SCSI hardware which speaks SCSI protocols, such as USB > + storage devices or the parallel port version of Iomega Zip drive, > + - for non-SCSI hardware whose drivers translate from and to SCSI > + protocols, like the IDE-SCSI emulation driver and most notably > + for all SATA drivers. > > To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read > . > The module will be called scsi_mod. > > However, do not compile this as a module if your root file system > - (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device. > + (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device > + or on a device whose driver represents it as SCSI device, as > + indicated above. Choose Y in this case, or set up an initrd. > + > + Subsequent options in this menu enable specific SCSI command set > + support for harddisks, CD/DVD-ROM/R/W, tapes etc.. This menu also > + presents options for specific SCSI controllers, while options for > + some other SCSI transports and all non-SCSI controllers are located > + in other menus (SATA, USB, FireWire etc.). > > config SCSI_DMA > bool > @@ -120,7 +128,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SR > tristate "SCSI CDROM support" > depends on SCSI > ---help--- > - If you want to use a SCSI or FireWire CD-ROM under Linux, > + If you want to use a SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, > say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO and the CDROM-HOWTO at > . Also make sure to say > Y or M to "ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system support" later. You left out PATA running libata drivers. Not just SATA is affected there. Looks pretty decent otherwise. -- Len Sorensen - 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/