Re: [patch] MTD: fix DOC2000/2001/2001PLUS build error

[David Woodhouse]

On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 13:49 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Can you read? Can you UNDERSTAND?
> 
> This is exactly my point.
> 
> If it's not obviously a SCSI card, then it shouldn't be "depends on SCSI". 
> It should be on its own and "select SCSI".
> 
> The whole AND ALMOST ONLY point of "depends on" is really to allow people 
> to do a shorthand or know that "ok, he gave us some information that makes 
> this choice pointless". 

You're asking _me_ if I can read?

Ten years ago, people used 'depends on' to fix the tools, so that then
you want to enable something like USB_STORAGE, it can automatically turn
SCSI on for you.

Isn't that what you wanted?

You don't need to screw over the technical users -- the _common_ case --
in order to achieve that.

We had it. TEN YEARS AGO. In the tools.

-- 
dwmw2

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