From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Arlott Subject: Re: why does x86 "make defconfig" build a single, lonely module? Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:26:31 +0100 Message-ID: <46475857.4010509@simon.arlott.org.uk> References: <20070513160608.GA29024@redhat.com> <1179072655.3723.42.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1179073670.3723.48.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <46474E1A.6080904@simon.arlott.org.uk> <1179078537.3723.53.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from proxima.lp0.eu ([85.158.45.36]:43265 "EHLO proxima.lp0.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750881AbXEMS0j (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 May 2007 14:26:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1179078537.3723.53.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: "Robert P. J. Day" , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On 13/05/07 18:48, James Bottomley wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 18:42 +0100, Simon Arlott wrote: >>> If you set CONFIG_MODULE=y and build SCSI we assume you could have a >>> SCSI driver module at some point, which would necessitate the wait scan >>> module. >> This should be implemented like "Library routines" and only added if such >> a SCSI driver module is actually selected. Why can't it at least be a >> visible option in the menu? (Although even then it looks like it's >> impossible to disable). > > There's out of tree modules to consider. Ok, I propose we make dozens of modules default 'm' in case an out of tree module requires it. SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC ("Asynchronous SCSI scanning"): "You can load the scsi_wait_scan module to ensure that all scans have completed." It looks like SCSI_WAIT_SCAN is pointless unless SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC is selected - so it should depend on it: --- diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig index e62d23f..0f6c370 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ config SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC config SCSI_WAIT_SCAN tristate default m - depends on SCSI + depends on SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC depends on MODULES menu "SCSI Transports" -- Simon Arlott