Re: [PATCH] SCSI: Let users disable SCSI_WAIT_SCAN to be built

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From: James Bottomley
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 7:00 am

On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 16:43 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:

Please don't bother ... I really want a more considered way of fixing
this.  If everyone decides the best way is exposing this to the user,
then this is the way to do it ... however, I still don't consider this
argument made out yet.

James

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index d28c14e..a6b95cd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -242,10 +242,14 @@ config SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC
 	  or async on the kernel's command line.
 
 config SCSI_WAIT_SCAN
-	tristate
-	default m
+	tristate "Build Scan Wait Module"
+	depends on m
 	depends on SCSI
 	depends on MODULES
+	help
+	  The wait scan module builds a module which is used by
+	  initramdisk boots to wait for scans to complete after
+	  all SCSI modules have been loaded.  If unsure, say M here
 
 menu "SCSI Transports"
 	depends on SCSI


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