On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > it would seem to make no sense that the "depends on" clause
> > > for this option includes "m", forcing this (and all other four
> > > entries in that Kconfig file, by the way) to be built as
> > > modules, while the help text for all five entries suggests you
> > > can select "y".
>
> In the old days pcmcia drivers had to be modular because pcmcia
> required a lot of userspace setup. It's not needed anymore these
> days and the dependencies can go.
i'd suspected something along those lines, which is why i submitted
the patch below to the LKML just a while ago. if anyone wants to pick
it up and apply it somewhere, feel free.
(i dropped the LKML from the CC list, i don't think they need to see
any more of this.)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/Kconfig
index eac8e17..7dd787f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/Kconfig
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
#
menu "PCMCIA SCSI adapter support"
- depends on SCSI!=n && PCMCIA!=n && MODULES
+ depends on SCSI!=n && PCMCIA!=n
config PCMCIA_AHA152X
tristate "Adaptec AHA152X PCMCIA support"
- depends on m && !64BIT
+ depends on !64BIT
select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
help
Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA SCSI host
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ config PCMCIA_AHA152X
config PCMCIA_FDOMAIN
tristate "Future Domain PCMCIA support"
- depends on m
help
Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA SCSI host
adapter to your computer.
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ config PCMCIA_FDOMAIN
config PCMCIA_NINJA_SCSI
tristate "NinjaSCSI-3 / NinjaSCSI-32Bi (16bit) PCMCIA support"
- depends on m && !64BIT
+ depends on !64BIT
help
If you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA SCSI host adapter to
your computer, say Y here and read
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ config PCMCIA_NINJA_SCSI
config PCMCIA_QLOGIC
tristate "Qlogic PCMCIA support"
- depends on m
help
Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA SCSI host
adapter to your computer.
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ config PCMCIA_QLOGIC
config PCMCIA_SYM53C500
tristate "Symbios 53c500 PCMCIA support"
- depends on m
help
Say Y here if you have a New Media Bus Toaster or other PCMCIA
SCSI adapter based on the Symbios 53c500 controller.
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