On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:50:16 +0100 Stefan Richter wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 01:20:46PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > >> Greg KH wrote: > >>> On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 06:40:38PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > >>>> Reorganize USB Kconfig Menu, and move USB_GADGET out into the Device > >>>> Driver Menu. ?This helps the USB Kconfig Menu to be more logical/usable. > >>>> > >>>> Patchset against 2.6.23 > >>> So what was the final verdict in this patch set? > >> IMHO, it's a lot better than what we have right now, and it's split up so > >> that you can pick and choose what you think is useful. > >> > >>> Can you rsend this against 2.6.24-rc7 with the requested changes (if > >>> any) in it? > >> The only critical change is in patch 2/5: > >> > >> menuconfig USB_STORAGE > >> tristate "USB Mass Storage support" > >> - depends on USB && SCSI > >> + depends on USB && BLOCK > >> + select SCSI > >> > >> > >> I was hoping you could take care of it, or maybe wait until 2.6.25 is out. > > > > Well, if you want such a change to go into 2.6.25, I need the patches > > now :) > > > > So, can you respin these against 2.6.24-rc7, with the above fix, so that > > I can apply them and test them out? > > May I repeat my request that nobody does "select SCSI", please? > > Al Boldy, would you please explain like I asked you: > - what is wrong with the current solution which tells the user to > first enable SCSI to get the USB_STORAGE option, > - whether there are frequent end-user requests which demonstrate > that many people currently don't realize how to enable USB_STORAGE. > > Please use "select" carefully, particularly *only* for options which > enable simple compact library-like code which > - is small, > - doesn't itself depend on anything, > - doesn't has further configuration options in some other menu. > None of this applies to CONFIG_SCSI. > --
I second all of that. --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
