From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
To: William Park <opengeometry@yahoo.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: usb-storage loads scsi_mod, but not sd_mod (2.6.9)
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:55:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200412262055.07877.oliver@neukum.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041226191918.GA5166@node1.opengeometry.net>
Am Sonntag, 26. Dezember 2004 20:19 schrieb William Park:
> Dear USB developers,
>
> In 2.6.9, 'usb-storage' module depends on 'scsi_mod', but not 'sd_mod'.
> This means that I have to load 'sd_mod' manually, or put something like
> alias block-major-8-* sd_mod
> in /etc/modprobe.conf.
>
> Is there reason why 'sd_mod' is not listed as one of dependant modules
> for 'usb-storage'?
Yes. You might connect optical and tape drives as well as even other SCSI
devices by bridges. We must not assume all storage devices to use sd.
Regards
Oliver
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