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    [PATCH] SCSI_SATA has to be a tristate · faa72533
    Adrian Bunk authored
    
    
    SCSI=m must disallow static drivers.
    
    The problem is that all the SATA drivers depend on SCSI_SATA.
    
    With SCSI=m and SCSI_SATA=y this allows the static enabling of the SATA
    drivers with unwanted effects, e.g.:
    - SCSI=m, SCSI_SATA=y, SCSI_ATA_ADMA=y
      -> SCSI_ATA_ADMA is built statically but scsi/built-in.o is not linked
         into the kernel
    - SCSI=m, SCSI_SATA=y, SCSI_ATA_ADMA=y, SCSI_SATA_AHCI=m
      -> SCSI_ATA_ADMA and libata are built statically but
         scsi/built-in.o is not linked into the kernel,
         SCSI_SATA_AHCI is built modular (unresolved symbols due to missing
                                          libata)
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAdrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
    Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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