Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754608AbXIONxT (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:53:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751465AbXIONxG (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:53:06 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:56597 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751973AbXIONxE (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:53:04 -0400 Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:53:14 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Stefan Richter Cc: Sam Ravnborg , James Bottomley , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik , Andi Kleen , Folkert van Heusden , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] SCSI: split Kconfig menu into two Message-ID: <20070915135314.GS3563@stusta.de> References: <46EAAAC1.3050409@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20070914190033.GA4003@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20070914190609.GN3563@stusta.de> <20070915114055.GP3563@stusta.de> <46EBCEF1.4030702@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20070915125055.GQ3563@stusta.de> <46EBDC06.3030202@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46EBDC06.3030202@s5r6.in-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1834 Lines: 59 On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 03:20:06PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > >>> There should first be the lowlevel SCSI, SATA, USB etc. drivers, these > >>> drivers should select CONFIG_SCSI, and then the menu offering support > >>> for disk, CD,... > ... > > If users who don't need it now enable CONFIG_SCSI (and drivers/ide/ > > usage is not that uncommon) that's a regression in the user interface. > > Aha, first all interconnects/transports are configured. If none of them > 'select'ed SCSI, the menu for sd, sr, st stays invisible. Otherwise it > is exposed. > > It still doesn't entirely clarify whether users need sd, sr, st, and > whether thy need sd for the disk with root filesystem. If you want to do it in a really perfect way, help texts aren't the solution. You'll have to make the options like CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR no longer be user visible and select'ed through dummy options like e.g.: config USB_STORAGE tristate "USB Mass Storage support" depends on USB select SCSI help ... config USB_STORAGE_SD tristate "USB Mass Storage hard disk support" depends on USB_STORAGE select BLK_DEV_SD help ... config USB_STORAGE_SR tristate "USB Mass Storage CD/DVD support" depends on USB_STORAGE select BLK_DEV_SR help ... > Stefan Richter cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/