Re: [PATCH] 2.5.68: Don't include SCSI block ioctls on non-scsi systems

From: Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Date: Wed May 14 2003 - 03:12:29 EST

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On Wed, May 14 2003, Christopher Hoover wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 06:57:52AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 08:29:20PM -0700, Christopher Hoover wrote:
> > > Unless I'm missing something, there doesn't seem to be a good reason
> > > for the block system to include SCSI ioctls unless there's a SCSI
> > > block device (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD) in the system.
> >
> > That's broken. You can use them on ide, sd and sr currently.
>
> OK, let's try that again.

That's better, but block/scsi_ioctl.c is potentially useful on non ide
or scsi systems too.

I agree with the config option, though.

-- Jens Axboe

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