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

Lennart Sorensen
2007-09-14T18:54:47Z

On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:53PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
> ---
>
> Applicable to 2.6.23-rc6 and to scsi-misc.
>
> drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 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,
> + or iSCSI,
> + - for non-SCSI hardware which speaks SCSI protocols, such as USB
> + storage devices or the parallel port version of Iomega Zip drive,
> + - for non-SCSI hardware whose drivers translate from and to SCSI
> + protocols, like the IDE-SCSI emulation driver and most notably
> + for all SATA drivers.
>
> 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.).
>
> config SCSI_DMA
> bool
> @@ -120,7 +128,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SR
> tristate "SCSI CDROM support"
> depends on SCSI
> ---help---
> - If you want to use a SCSI or FireWire CD-ROM under Linux,
> + If you want to use a SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire CD-ROM or DVD-ROM,
> say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO and the CDROM-HOWTO at
> <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also make sure to say
> Y or M to "ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system support" later.

You left out PATA running libata drivers. Not just SATA is affected
there. Looks pretty decent otherwise.

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Len Sorensen