Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:44:46 +0200 Stefan Richter wrote: >> Randy Dunlap wrote: >>> The problem with 'select' here is that it will enable BLK_DEV_SD, >>> but if SCSI is not enabled, it will not become enabled -- i.e., >>> select does not follow the dependency chain. So usually the >>> kernel will not build unless SCSI is enabled by the user. ... >> I checked the dependencies. ATA depends on SCSI (actually, selects >> SCSI), so all is well. Otherwise I would have added more dependencies >> to ATA_SD. > > Ah, that's good, then. Not completely though. Whenever a 'select' is inserted into the dependency graph, the whole thing becomes more fragile WRT future changes. -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== =--= -=--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
