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

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To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #2]
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:50:03 +0200
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Adrian Bunk wrote:

USB_STORAGE switched from a depending on SCSI to select'ing SCSI threeyears ago, and ATA in 2.6.19 will also select SCSI for a good reason:
When doing anything kconfig related, you must always remember that thevast majority of kconfig users are not kernel hackers.


I agree with that.
But multi-level dependencies are a show-stopper at the moment.
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