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SubjectRe: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #2]
Jörn Engel wrote:
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> The actual problem existed before select just as it does afterwards.
> People have to search extensively though Kconfig files to come up with
> a useful .config. Before people had to magically know that
> USB_STORAGE requires SCSI. "Magically" because USB_STORAGE didn't
> show up in either make menuconfig, make xconfig or .config. Now
> people have to magically know that SCSI=n requires USB_STORAGE=n.

Yes and no. In the latter case, they have to magically know that at
least menuconfig and xconfig can be tricked to list depending options.

> What this shows is that select was a bad idea, as it merely shifted
> the problem around instead of fixing it. It appears as if Stefan is
> looking in the right direction for a decent fix and I'd like to see
> patches from him.
...

Could be a fun project right after Stefan R got rid of the kernel
freezes (months old) and data corruptions (years old) assigned to him at
bugzilla.kernel.org...
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Stefan Richter
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