Re: Why SCSI module needed for PCI-IDE ATA only disks ?

[Jeff Garzik]

Bernard Pidoux wrote:
> I am asking why need to compile the following modules while I do not
> have any SCSI device ?

libata uses SCSI to provide a lot of infrastructure that it would 
otherwise have to recreate.  Also, using SCSI meant that it 
automatically worked in existing installers.

	Jeff



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