Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb storage: remove inherited SCSI dependency for USB_STORAGE subentries

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On Do, 2018-08-09 at 11:21 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 09:38:40AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > On Do, 2018-08-09 at 01:01 +0300, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> > > Because USB_STORAGE build symbol strictly depends on SCSI build
> > > symbol, there is no need to specify it again for USB_UAS and
> > > USB_STORAGE_ENE_UB6250 build options.
> > 
> > [..]
> > 
> > >  config USB_UAS
> > >  	tristate "USB Attached SCSI"
> > > -	depends on SCSI
> > >  	help
> > >  	  The USB Attached SCSI protocol is supported by some USB
> > >  	  storage devices.  It permits higher performance by supporting
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am sorry, but this is wrong. You can build and use UAS without
> > old style storage support. I do not recommend that you do so,
> > but in theory it is possible.
> > And UAS very much depends on storage.
> 
> But today UAS depends on SCSI and USB_STORAGE, so if this is true, it's
> not very obvious :)

Hi,

yes, this is an issue. Nevertheless UAS depends on SCSI and this
dependency better stay.

	Regards
		Oliver

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