Re: scsi_wait_scan Kconfig option

[Nick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org>]

Hi Matthew,

On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:47:56 -0700
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 07:39:53PM +0000, Nick Warne wrote:
> > I try not to build a modular kernel, but only have modules ON due to
> > nVidia (sigh).  So I was semi-surprised when I saw the
> > scsi_wait_scan module being built again, yet NO WHERE in menuconfig
> > is it present to turn OFF.  Even if I hand edit .config, make puts
> > it back again...
> 
> You have modules on ... which means you might decide to load a scsi
> driver as a module.  Maybe one that isn't part of the source tree.
> The scsi_wait_scan module is only 1500 bytes.  Apart from a sense of
> ideological purity (odd in someone who chooses to use nVidia rather
> than, say, nv or nouveau), this really isn't a problem.

Alas the card I have isn't supported, but that debate isn't for here.

OK, I only have SCSI set for USB storage etc.  I find it strange that
this one and only option in the whole of Kconfig builds a module, and
yet, even though I know I will never need it, I can't stop it.

Surely if people build their own kernels, they should know (and) be
allowed to configure such options?

Nick 
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