Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:31:47 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig |
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Stefan Richter wrote: > (added Cc linux-ide) > > Folkert van Heusden wrote: >>>>> A popup makes some sense, but I don't know if menuconfig knows how to >>>>> do popup warnings... and it needs to be done for all *configs, >>>>> not just menuconfig. >>>> Maybe add a new type? >>> How about >>> comment "Note: 'SCSI disk support' is required for SATA/PATA HDDs!" >>> depends on ATA && !BLK_DEV_SD >> Yes! Maybe create some status-line at the bottom of the screen in which >> these hints scrollby. Like powertop does. > > 'comment' is already supported by make {menu,x,g}config and AFAIK by > make oldconfig too. It is not effective in make oldconfig though > because it will scroll off the screen quickly. > > I am not a friend of 'select', but maybe the following actually helps. > I didn't follow all of this and previous related discussions, so I guess > somebody else suggested something like this before: >
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.
> # drivers/ata/Kconfig > > config ATA > [...] > > comment "Controller drivers" > > [...low-level drivers go here...] > > comment "Storage device drivers" > > config ATA_SD > tristate "SATA/PATA HDD support (via SCSI disk support)" > depends on ATA > select BLK_DEV_SD > help > 'SCSI disk support' is required to access SATA HDDs. It is > also necessary for parallel ATA (IDE) HDDs if you use the > experimental parallel ATA option. > > You can say Y or M here to select SCSI disk support, or you > can do so in the 'SCSI device support' section. > > [...ditto for CD/DVD-ROMs, tapes, and generic support...]
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