From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756106AbXFKS7z (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:59:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753044AbXFKS7p (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:59:45 -0400 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:43128 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753081AbXFKS7o (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:59:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:59:34 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: api Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, scsi , jejb , jgarzik Subject: [PATCH] scsi disk help file is not complete Message-Id: <20070611115934.9097fb04.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <466D9440.3080005@kpnplanet.nl> References: <466D9440.3080005@kpnplanet.nl> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:28:16 +0200 api wrote: > Good day, > When doing make menuconfig one comes across CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD. > The help file states that this is for scsi disks.NO MENTION IS MADE THAT > IT IS NEEDE FOR SATA DISKS AS WELL! > Would have saved me a lot of time if the help was up to date. > I hope this can be changed so others can make a kernel for sata systems > quicker. From: Randy Dunlap Add help info for BLK_DEV_SD referring to its use in SATA or PATA driver configurations. Add help text for "ATA" indicating that it probably needs some SCSI config symbols enabled in order to be useful. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- drivers/ata/Kconfig | 5 +++++ drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 1 + 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) --- linux-2622-rc4.orig/drivers/scsi/Kconfig +++ linux-2622-rc4/drivers/scsi/Kconfig @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SD depends on SCSI ---help--- If you want to use SCSI hard disks, Fibre Channel disks, + Serial ATA (SATA) or Parallel ATA (PATA) hard disks, USB storage or the SCSI or parallel port version of the IOMEGA ZIP drive, say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO, the Disk-HOWTO and the Multi-Disk-HOWTO, available from --- linux-2622-rc4.orig/drivers/ata/Kconfig +++ linux-2622-rc4/drivers/ata/Kconfig @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ menuconfig ATA that "speaks" the ATA protocol, also called ATA controller), because you will be asked for it. + NOTE: ATA enables basic SCSI support; *however*, + 'SCSI disk support', 'SCSI tape support', or + 'SCSI CDROM support' may also be needed, + depending on your hardware configuration. + if ATA config ATA_NONSTANDARD