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

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On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 19:26 +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:
> 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" and only added 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).
> > 
> > There's out of tree modules to consider.
> 
> Ok, I propose we make dozens of modules default 'm' in case an out of 
> tree module requires it.
> 
> SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC ("Asynchronous SCSI scanning"): "You can load the 
> scsi_wait_scan module to ensure that all scans have completed."
> 
> It looks like SCSI_WAIT_SCAN is pointless unless SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC 
> is selected - so it should depend on it:

Why don't you just actually read the thread?  Then you'd understand why
this isn't correct.

James


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