From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: Ed Sweetman <safemode2@comcast.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Unable to find root fs with libata only 2.6.18-mm3
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:08:53 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <452879D5.5020707@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45284BE0.7030600@comcast.net>
[cc'ing linux-ide]
Ed Sweetman wrote:
> My question is, do I still need to compile in scsi disk/cdrom/generic
> support into my kernel to get libata devices to work or is there some
> other syntax i'm missing? Libata detects my drives, but as far as I
> could see, and it flies by too fast to read, no device nodes were
> assigned to them.
Yes, you do need to select SCSI high level drivers you need - sd and sr
should suffice for libata.
> If you do need scsi support, why isn't that done automatically when you
> select your libata drivers? or at least a pointer in the "Help" dialog
> to tell you to enable that ?
Probably because no other SCSI low level driver selects high level
driver automatically. I agree that we need better help message. Feel
free to submit patch.
Thanks.
--
tejun
parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-08 12:46 UTC|newest]
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