Re: why does x86 make defconfig build a single, lonely module?

2007-05-15 Thread Simon Arlott
that a user might want to run multiple times (e.g. after adding scsi devices?) - why should loading a module be used for this? -- Simon Arlott - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-scsi in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org

Re: Asynchronous scsi scanning

2007-05-15 Thread Simon Arlott
On 15/05/07 13:02, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:26:29PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote: I've already suggested a sysfs attribute - or something equivalent - would be much better. It's just one function that a user might want to run multiple times (e.g. after adding scsi devices

Re: why does x86 make defconfig build a single, lonely module?

2007-05-13 Thread Simon Arlott
if such a SCSI driver module is actually selected. Why can't it at least be a visible option in the menu? (Although even then it looks like it's impossible to disable). Why does ATA select SCSI anyway? Surely PATA doesn't require it? -- Simon Arlott - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: why does x86 make defconfig build a single, lonely module?

2007-05-13 Thread Simon Arlott
On 13/05/07 18:48, James Bottomley wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 18:42 +0100, Simon Arlott wrote: If you set CONFIG_MODULE=y and build SCSI we assume you could have a SCSI driver module at some point, which would necessitate the wait scan module. This should be implemented like Library routines

Re: why does x86 make defconfig build a single, lonely module?

2007-05-13 Thread Simon Arlott
using a module to tell the kernel to do something? It looks like someone might want to call scsi_complete_async_scans() more than once too - if they also don't allow modules to be unloaded then they can't. -- Simon Arlott - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-scsi

Re: default y idiocy

2007-05-12 Thread Simon Arlott
' that seems to be completely hidden from the menu too (CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN). It depends on SCSI but I can't disable SCSI... -- Simon Arlott - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-scsi in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http