From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261369AbULTBfx (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:35:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261376AbULTBfx (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:35:53 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:38416 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261369AbULTBfs (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:35:48 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 02:35:42 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Greg KH Cc: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net, zaitcev@yahoo.com, linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: [2.6 patch] let BLK_DEV_UB depend on EMBEDDED Message-ID: <20041220013542.GK21288@stusta.de> References: <20041220001644.GI21288@stusta.de> <20041220003146.GB11358@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041220003146.GB11358@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 04:31:46PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 01:16:44AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > I've already seen people crippling their usb-storage driver with > > enabling BLK_DEV_UB - and I doubt the warning in the help text added > > after 2.6.9 will fix all such problems. > > > > Is there except for kernel size any good reason for using BLK_DEV_UB > > instead of USB_STORAGE? > > You don't want to use the scsi layer? You like the stability of it at > times? :) >... What about a dependency of BLK_DEV_UB on USB_STORAGE=n ? > thanks, > > greg k-h cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed