From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261151AbULZT4y (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:56:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261153AbULZT4y (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:56:54 -0500 Received: from mail1.kontent.de ([81.88.34.36]:60828 "EHLO Mail1.KONTENT.De") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261151AbULZT4x (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:56:53 -0500 From: Oliver Neukum To: William Park Subject: Re: usb-storage loads scsi_mod, but not sd_mod (2.6.9) Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:55:07 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20041226191918.GA5166@node1.opengeometry.net> In-Reply-To: <20041226191918.GA5166@node1.opengeometry.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200412262055.07877.oliver@neukum.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Sonntag, 26. Dezember 2004 20:19 schrieb William Park: > Dear USB developers, > > In 2.6.9, 'usb-storage' module depends on 'scsi_mod', but not 'sd_mod'. > This means that I have to load 'sd_mod' manually, or put something like > alias block-major-8-* sd_mod > in /etc/modprobe.conf. > > Is there reason why 'sd_mod' is not listed as one of dependant modules > for 'usb-storage'? Yes. You might connect optical and tape drives as well as even other SCSI devices by bridges. We must not assume all storage devices to use sd. Regards Oliver