* Re: Unable to find root fs with libata only 2.6.18-mm3
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@ 2006-10-08 4:08 ` Tejun Heo
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From: Tejun Heo @ 2006-10-08 4:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ed Sweetman; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
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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.
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tejun
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