From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Bernard Pidoux <pidoux@ccr.jussieu.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why SCSI module needed for PCI-IDE ATA only disks ?
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:44:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4574B2E4.8060206@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <457492B2.2050107@ccr.jussieu.fr>
Bernard Pidoux wrote:
> I am asking why need to compile the following modules while I do not
> have any SCSI device ?
libata uses SCSI to provide a lot of infrastructure that it would
otherwise have to recreate. Also, using SCSI meant that it
automatically worked in existing installers.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-04 23:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-04 21:27 Why SCSI module needed for PCI-IDE ATA only disks ? Bernard Pidoux
2006-12-04 22:00 ` Phillip Susi
2006-12-04 23:44 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-12-05 1:39 ` Ed Sweetman
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2006-12-06 1:21 ` Robert Hancock
2006-12-06 2:07 ` Ed Sweetman
2006-12-06 2:14 ` Robert Hancock
2006-12-06 2:46 ` Ed Sweetman
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