Re: AHCI finds disks; no /dev/sd inodes bound?

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 12:36:26PM -0800, Jon Watte wrote:
> Stefan Richter wrote:
> >>Those systems (servers) typically have enough memory to tolerate a few
> >>extra KB of code without problems.  In fact most PCs these days have.
> >>    
> >
> >It would be a stupid solution nevertheless.
> >
> >(We also don't "select EXT3".)
> >  
> Not selecting EXT3 is a little more understandable, because there are 
> many options -- cramfs, xfs, reiserfs, etc, depending on target. 
> However, the number of people who DO want SATA support but DO NOT want 
> SD block device support is... uh.. anyone?
> 
> Solving the problem bigger and better, by factoring "SD" into a 
> mid-level menu, and maybe calling it something non-SCSI, would probably 
> be even better. And even more work.

OK, how about this?

config BLK_DEV_ATA_SD
	tristate "ATA disc support"
	select BLK_DEV_SD

config BLK_DEV_ATA_SR
	tristate "ATA CDROM support"
	select BLK_DEV_SR

Help text left as an exercise for the reader.

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