From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755849AbYAEXqU (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:46:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753331AbYAEXqM (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:46:12 -0500 Received: from smtp5.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.39]:53503 "EHLO smtp5.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753087AbYAEXqL (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:46:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:45:41 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Sam Ravnborg , Adrian Bunk , Al Boldi , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Brownell , Greg KH , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] USB Kconfig: Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage support Message-ID: <20080105234540.GG22232@does.not.exist> References: <200801051546.SAA08947@raad.intranet> <20080105113024.209485f5.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20080105210330.GC22232@does.not.exist> <20080105210940.GA10302@uranus.ravnborg.org> <47801126.7020807@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47801126.7020807@oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 03:22:14PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: >... > For Aunt Tillie cases, "select" makes sense. For other cases, > I'd argue that it makes sense for config users to know when they > do something that causes an entire subsystem to be added to their > kernel (like SCSI or NET). We are not talking about Aunt Tillie [1] since she anyway does not build her own kernel. The vast majority of kconfig users should be covered by the "system administrator" use case. And for them it's a lot easier if they simply find the options for their hardware in the logical places without additional hassle. Whether or not an option requires an additional subsystem like e.g. SCSI or SSB are hardware and implementation details we shouldn't bother kconfig users with. cu Adrian [1] kconfig version of Godwin's law -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed