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| author |   Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2007-06-11 11:59:34 -0700 |
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| committer |   Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2007-07-02 10:12:34 -0400 |
| commit | abcdceb9d0bf39da7c7ff8bcdff6eb4d9dfec56f (patch) | |
| tree | 7cb8bc28de0d9e7170b7fc1055fd3aacad66ceac /drivers/ata/Kconfig | |
| parent | Linux 2.6.22-rc7 (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-abcdceb9d0bf39da7c7ff8bcdff6eb4d9dfec56f.tar.xz linux-dev-abcdceb9d0bf39da7c7ff8bcdff6eb4d9dfec56f.zip | |
scsi disk help file is not complete
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 <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
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 <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ata/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ata/Kconfig | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig index b4a8d6030e48..4ad8675f5a16 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ 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 |