Re: [PATCH update] SCSI: update Kconfig help text to indicate SCSI core's widespread usage

Adrian Bunk
2007-09-15T12:59:24Z

On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 11:14:21PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
> ---
>
> And one more update:
> There is SAS too, and I forgot 'is' in "on a disk which __ accessed via".
>
> drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
> +++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
> @@ -12,23 +12,31 @@ config SCSI
> depends on BLOCK
> select SCSI_DMA if HAS_DMA
> ---help---
> - If you want to use a SCSI hard disk, SCSI tape drive, SCSI CD-ROM or
> - any other SCSI device under Linux, say Y and make sure that you know
> - the name of your SCSI host adapter (the card inside your computer
> - that "speaks" the SCSI protocol, also called SCSI controller),
> - because you will be asked for it.
> -
> - You also need to say Y here if you have a device which speaks
> - the SCSI protocol. Examples of this include the parallel port
> - version of the IOMEGA ZIP drive, USB storage devices, Fibre
> - Channel, FireWire storage and the IDE-SCSI emulation driver.
> + This option enables core support for SCSI protocols.
> + You need it
> + - for classic parallel SCSI hardware,
> + - for newer SCSI transports such as Fibre Channel, FireWire storage,
> + SAS, or iSCSI,
> + - for non-SCSI hardware which speaks SCSI protocols, such as USB
> + storage devices or the parallel port version of Iomega Zip drive,

but not for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB

> + - for non-SCSI hardware whose drivers translate from and to SCSI
> + protocols, most notably all Serial ATA drivers, and Parallel ATA
> + via the ATA configuration option.

but not for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA

> To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
> <file:Documentation/scsi/scsi.txt>.
> The module will be called scsi_mod.
>
> However, do not compile this as a module if your root file system
> - (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device.
> + (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device
> + or on a device whose driver represents it as SCSI device, as
> + indicated above. Choose Y in this case, or set up an initrd.
> +
> + Subsequent options in this menu enable specific SCSI command set
> + support for harddisks, CD/DVD-ROM/R/W, tapes etc.. This menu also
> + presents options for specific SCSI controllers, while options for
> + some other SCSI transports and all non-SCSI controllers are located
> + in other menus (SATA, USB, FireWire etc.).
>...

You expect all kconfig users to read and completely understand this?

Although it's no longer required that the user sees the CONFIG_SCSI
option at all since we can determine automaically when it's required
and when not?

> Stefan Richter

cu
Adrian

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