Folkert van Heusden wrote:
>> I know that it's difficult to get people to read docs & help text,
>> and maybe it is needed in more places, but CONFIG_ATA (SATA/PATA)
>> help text says:
>> NOTE: ATA enables basic SCSI support; *however*,
>> 'SCSI disk support', 'SCSI tape support', or
>> 'SCSI CDROM support' may also be needed,
>> depending on your hardware configuration.
>
> Yes but that would mean that you have to open the help for each item
> that you add.
>
>> A popup makes some sense, but I don't know if menuconfig knows how to
>> do popup warnings... and it needs to be done for all *configs,
>> not just menuconfig.
>
> Maybe add a new type?
How about
comment "Note: 'SCSI disk support' is required for SATA/PATA HDDs!"
depends on ATA && !BLK_DEV_SD
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Stefan Richter
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