From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
Cc: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
greg@kroah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb-storage should enable scsi disk in Kconfig
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:01:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41A20D5A.6040004@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041122103520.GA3550@crusoe.alcove-fr>
Stelian Pop wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 03:21:54PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>
>
>>>>>On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:33:50PM +0100, Stelian Pop wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Maybe we should add, just below the 'USB storage' Kconfig option another
>>>>one, let's say 'SCSI disk based USB storage support', which documentation
>>>>would talk about 'usb keys, memory stick readers, USB floppy drives etc',
>>>>which should just be a dummy option selecting BLK_DEV_SD ?
>
>
>>Until 'suggests' is available, does this help any?
>>It's tough getting people to read Help messages though.
>>
>>Add comment/NOTE that USB_STORAGE probably needs BLK_DEV_SD also.
>>Add a few device types to help text and reformat it.
>
>
> Isn't my above suggestion even better ? A separate config option
> is much more visible IMHO...
Sounds good, as long as we don't mind the same option being
settable in multiple places. Did you submit a patch?
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-22 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-19 19:33 [PATCH] usb-storage should enable scsi disk in Kconfig Stelian Pop
2004-11-19 19:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-11-19 21:39 ` Stelian Pop
2004-11-19 23:08 ` Matthew Dharm
2004-11-20 23:21 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-11-22 10:35 ` Stelian Pop
2004-11-22 16:01 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2004-11-22 16:30 ` Stelian Pop
2004-11-22 14:52 ` Martin Waitz
2004-11-29 19:08 ` Greg KH
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