Re: some PCMCIA SCSI drivers can be built *only* as modules

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Mar 26 2007 - 16:03:29 EST


> > it would seem to make no sense that the "depends on" clause for this
> > option includes "m", forcing this (and all other four entries in that
> > Kconfig file, by the way) to be built as modules, while the help text
> > for all five entries suggests you can select "y".

In the old days pcmcia drivers had to be modular because pcmcia required
a lot of userspace setup. It's not needed anymore these days and the
dependencies can go.

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