Re: [RFC PATCH] SCSI: split Kconfig menu into two

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:

> >> +menu "Storage (core and SCSI commands)"
> >>  
> >>  config SCSI
> >> -	tristate "SCSI device support"
> >> +	tristate "Storage support (core and SCSI commands)"
> >>  	depends on BLOCK
> >>  	select SCSI_DMA if HAS_DMA
> >>  	---help---
> >> ...
> > 
> > What is "storage support"?
> > SATA?
> > PATA?
> > USB mass storage?
> > MMC?
> > MTD?
> 
> What is "Networking"?  Ethernet?  Infiniband?  ...?

 SCSI is a generic peripheral bus (recall the expansion of the acronym).  
Even though probably the most common, storage is one of its applications 
only (think scanners for an immediately obvious other one).  I find 
describing CONFIG_SCSI as "storage support" misleading and inappropriate.

 Referring to your example it is like calling generic networking (i.e. 
CONFIG_NET) "Ethernet support".

  Maciej
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