From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Howells Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #2] Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:23:18 +0100 Message-ID: <15945.1156854198@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> References: <20060829115138.GA32714@infradead.org> <20060825142753.GK10659@infradead.org> <20060824213252.21323.18226.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <20060824213334.21323.76323.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <10117.1156522985@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Cc: David Howells , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:17556 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751343AbWH2MXX (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:23:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20060829115138.GA32714@infradead.org> To: Christoph Hellwig Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Same as above. USB_STORAGE already selects scsi so it shouldn't need > to depend on block. Ah, you've got it the wrong way round. Because USB_STORAGE _selects_ SCSI rather than depending on it, even if SCSI is disabled, USB_STORAGE can be enabled, and that turns on CONFIG_SCSI, even if not all of its dependencies are available. Run "make allyesconfig" and then try to turn off CONFIG_SCSI without this... David