Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:08:53 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: Unable to find root fs with libata only 2.6.18-mm3 |
| |
[cc'ing linux-ide]
Ed Sweetman wrote: > My question is, do I still need to compile in scsi disk/cdrom/generic > support into my kernel to get libata devices to work or is there some > other syntax i'm missing? Libata detects my drives, but as far as I > could see, and it flies by too fast to read, no device nodes were > assigned to them.
Yes, you do need to select SCSI high level drivers you need - sd and sr should suffice for libata.
> If you do need scsi support, why isn't that done automatically when you > select your libata drivers? or at least a pointer in the "Help" dialog > to tell you to enable that ?
Probably because no other SCSI low level driver selects high level driver automatically. I agree that we need better help message. Feel free to submit patch.
Thanks.
-- tejun
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |