Re: [PATCH 1/1] cciss: kconfig patch to make cciss dependent on scsi for SG_IO ioctl

On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 16:27 -0500, Mike Miller (OS Dev) wrote:
> This kconfig patch makes cciss dependent on scsi for the new SG_IO ioctl we just
> added. If cciss is built into the kernel it makes sures that scsi is also statically
> linked. If scsi is a module then cciss will also be built as a module. Please consider
> this for inclusion.

Erm, I don't think this is necessary: SG_IO is a property of the block
layer, not SCSI (as in it will work without SCSI even present).  SCSI
has a special driver: the sg driver that has its own implementation of
SG_IO, but that's the only connection.

James


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