From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Warne Subject: Re: scsi_wait_scan Kconfig option Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 21:31:09 +0000 Message-ID: <20071207213109.5a7a23fc@linuxamd.linicks.net> References: <20071207193953.0c544044@linuxamd.linicks.net> <20071207194756.GB28914@parisc-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from s2.ukfsn.org ([217.158.120.143]:41833 "EHLO mail.ukfsn.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753108AbXLGVbd (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:31:33 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20071207194756.GB28914@parisc-linux.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Hi Matthew, On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:47:56 -0700 Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 07:39:53PM +0000, Nick Warne wrote: > > I try not to build a modular kernel, but only have modules ON due to > > nVidia (sigh). So I was semi-surprised when I saw the > > scsi_wait_scan module being built again, yet NO WHERE in menuconfig > > is it present to turn OFF. Even if I hand edit .config, make puts > > it back again... > > You have modules on ... which means you might decide to load a scsi > driver as a module. Maybe one that isn't part of the source tree. > The scsi_wait_scan module is only 1500 bytes. Apart from a sense of > ideological purity (odd in someone who chooses to use nVidia rather > than, say, nv or nouveau), this really isn't a problem. Alas the card I have isn't supported, but that debate isn't for here. OK, I only have SCSI set for USB storage etc. I find it strange that this one and only option in the whole of Kconfig builds a module, and yet, even though I know I will never need it, I can't stop it. Surely if people build their own kernels, they should know (and) be allowed to configure such options? Nick -- Free Software Foundation Associate Member 5508