On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 01:21:51PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > 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 thought we discussed this before. We do it here, for the same reasons > libata does it. In any case, the patch is optional.
Yes, I do not want to do this, as we went round and round on it in the past many times over the years. It should be left as-is. thanks, greg k-h - 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
