config: Make need for SCSI_CDROM clearer
PATCH 1/1 config: Make need for SCSI_CDROM clearer
Mention ATAPI. We could insert an essay about libata and ide-scsi etc but the failure case is someone enables it which is just fine so keep it simple.
Closes #7736
Signed-off-by Alan Cox <[email protected]>
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drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
drivers/scsi/Kconfig +1 -1
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SR tristate "SCSI CDROM support" depends on SCSI ---help--- - If you want to use a SCSI or FireWire CD-ROM under Linux, + If you want to use a SCSI, FireWire or ATAPI CD-ROM under Linux, say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO and the CDROM-HOWTO at <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also make sure to say Y or M to "ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system support" later.
drivers/scsi/Kconfig config BLK_DEV_SR · line 125
Quoted 3 lines · Alan Cox
drivers/scsi/Kconfig +1
-1- If you want to use a SCSI or FireWire CD-ROM under Linux, + If you want to use a SCSI, FireWire or ATAPI CD-ROM under Linux, say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO and the CDROM-HOWTO at
Should probably add USB drives here too, since they seem to be getting more common:
+ If you want to use a SCSI, FireWire, USB or ATAPI CD-ROM under
+ Linux, say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO and the CDROM-HOWTO at
I don't think we need to mention Fibre Channel here ... I'm not convinced there are any FC CD-ROM drives in existence, and if there are, they're sufficiently uncommon to not produce bug reports.
Also, should we perhaps add DVD drives here?
+ If you want to use a CD or DVD drive attached to your computer + by SCSI, FireWire, USB or ATAPI, say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO + and the CDROM-HOWTO at <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
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