Re: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disablethe block layer [try #2]

From: Shaya Potter
Date: Thu Aug 31 2006 - 09:24:45 EST


On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:16 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Shaya Potter wrote:
> > when I said "driver" I meant more along the line of SCSI hardware
> > instead of things that use the "Linux" scsi subsystem.
> [...]
> > So you have a "virtual" SCSI_SUBSYSTEM which usb-storage, sbp2, sata all
> > pull in by selecting it.
> >
> > you have SCSI_HARDWARE that adaptec, buslogic, lsilogic...... depend on.
> > SCSI_HARDWARE would also select "SCSI_SUBSYSTEM".
>
> One nit: SBP-2 is SCSI.

ok, but you should get the point.

basically anything "selectable" perhaps should be a purely "virtual" (as
in not shown in XYZconfig) option.

how one wants to name the options doesn't really bother me.

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