>> Which unfortunately leads us back to one of the early questions.
>>
>> If ATAPI is some sort of SCSI [command set] over ATA, and ide-cd can be used
>> without the "Big Bad" SCSI layer (CONFIG_SCSI), don't we have redundant code
>> floating around?
>
>CONFIG_SCSI???
>
What else?
>Why not using fully dynamical loadable kernel modules as done with Solaris
Do you think I have scsi built-in? Not at all.
lsmod::
sg 20120 0
sd_mod 12304 0
usb_storage 73408 0
usbcore 108256 5 uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usb_storage
scsi_mod 103496 3 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage
/proc/config.gz:
CONFIG_SCSI=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH=m
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
that's about all.
>since 1992? Since that time nobody cares because what you need is auto-loaded
>on demand and there is absolutely no need for a manual configuration.
Jan Engelhardt
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