Re: Linux 2.5.65

Christoph Hellwig
2003-03-18T08:04:29Z

On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:22:57PM +1100, CaT wrote:
> One question. Should PCMCIA_AHA152X only be compilable as a module? I
> found this in Kconfig:
>
> config PCMCIA_AHA152X
> tristate "Adaptec AHA152X PCMCIA support"
> depends on m
> help
> Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA SCSI host
> adapter to your computer.
> ...
>
> The help and the tristate seems to indicate that I should be able to
> compile it into the kernel, but menuconfig wont let me. This is
> presumably due to the dependancy but is it right?

I think all pcmcia drivers currently are compilable only as module.
This was because historically they need cardmgr to work properly, but
someone is working on fixing that IIRC.