Re: [RFC PATCH] SCSI: split Kconfig menu into two

Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-09-17T11:29:32Z

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:

> >> +menu "Storage (core and SCSI commands)"
> >>
> >> config SCSI
> >> - tristate "SCSI device support"
> >> + tristate "Storage support (core and SCSI commands)"
> >> depends on BLOCK
> >> select SCSI_DMA if HAS_DMA
> >> ---help---
> >> ...
> >
> > What is "storage support"?
> > SATA?
> > PATA?
> > USB mass storage?
> > MMC?
> > MTD?
>
> What is "Networking"? Ethernet? Infiniband? ...?

SCSI is a generic peripheral bus (recall the expansion of the acronym).
Even though probably the most common, storage is one of its applications
only (think scanners for an immediately obvious other one). I find
describing CONFIG_SCSI as "storage support" misleading and inappropriate.

Referring to your example it is like calling generic networking (i.e.
CONFIG_NET) "Ethernet support".

Maciej