Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757283AbYAFNiw (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:38:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752945AbYAFNio (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:38:44 -0500 Received: from dsl081-033-126.lax1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.33.126]:34373 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751883AbYAFNim (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:38:42 -0500 Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:45:05 -0800 (PST) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Stefan Richter cc: Adrian Bunk , Randy Dunlap , Sam Ravnborg , Al Boldi , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Brownell , Greg KH , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] USB Kconfig: Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage support In-Reply-To: <4780D3E5.20908@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Message-ID: References: <200801051546.SAA08947@raad.intranet> <20080105113024.209485f5.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20080105210330.GC22232@does.not.exist> <20080105210940.GA10302@uranus.ravnborg.org> <47801126.7020807@oracle.com> <20080105234540.GG22232@does.not.exist> <47802249.9010107@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20080106005807.GH22232@does.not.exist> <4780C728.1030806@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20080106123728.GD2082@does.not.exist> <4780D3E5.20908@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 962 Lines: 23 On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Stefan Richter wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:18:48PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> I'm afraid this can't be put into practice. (User says which hardware >>> and protocols he needs to be supported, scripts magically assemble a >>> suitable configuration.) >> >> Distribution installers and live CDs like Knoppix even manage to >> magically assemble a suitable configuration (e.g. autodetecting which >> modules they should load) without asking the user any questions. > > Module autoloading is quite different. but if boot scripts can figure out what modules to autoload, why can't scripts be written to figure out what drives to build into a system? David Lang -- 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/