On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 18:42 +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:
> > If you set CONFIG_MODULE=y and build SCSI we assume you could have a
> > SCSI driver module at some point, which would necessitate the wait scan
> > module.
>
> This should be implemented like "Library routines" and only added if such
> a SCSI driver module is actually selected. Why can't it at least be a
> visible option in the menu? (Although even then it looks like it's
> impossible to disable).
There's out of tree modules to consider.
> Why does ATA select SCSI anyway? Surely PATA doesn't require it?
That's a bit offtopic and to the wrong list.
libata-pata does require SCSI ... and I suspect the libata developers
didn't want to trip users by them having to select SCSI before they
could select libata.
James
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