Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759288AbXINWDw (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:03:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757299AbXINWDn (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:03:43 -0400 Received: from mo10.iij4u.or.jp ([210.138.174.78]:57605 "EHLO mo10.iij4u.or.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753457AbXINWDm (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:03:42 -0400 Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:02:34 +0900 To: stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Cc: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca, james.bottomley@steeleye.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, jeff@garzik.org, andi@firstfloor.org, folkert@vanheusden.com, bunk@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp Subject: Re: [PATCH update] SCSI: update Kconfig help text to indicate SCSI core's widespread usage From: FUJITA Tomonori In-Reply-To: References: <20070914202102.GE5386@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20070914031256T.tomof@acm.org> X-Dispatcher: imput version 20050308(IM148) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1793 Lines: 37 On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:14:21 +0200 (CEST) Stefan Richter wrote: > Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter > --- > > And one more update: > There is SAS too, and I forgot 'is' in "on a disk which __ accessed via". > > drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 32 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, > + SAS, or iSCSI, There is SRP too. - 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/