Re: RFC: [2.6 patch] let BLK_DEV_UB depend on EMBEDDED

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Dec 19 2004 - 19:34:42 EST


On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 01:16:44AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> I've already seen people crippling their usb-storage driver with
> enabling BLK_DEV_UB - and I doubt the warning in the help text added
> after 2.6.9 will fix all such problems.
>
> Is there except for kernel size any good reason for using BLK_DEV_UB
> instead of USB_STORAGE?

You don't want to use the scsi layer? You like the stability of it at
times? :)

> If not, I'd suggest the patch below to let BLK_DEV_UB depend
> on EMBEDDED.

No, it's good for non-embedded boxes too.

thanks,

greg k-h
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