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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig index 6e8106a70b3..759e1507e63 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig @@ -191,20 +191,19 @@ config SCSI_ENCLOSURE it has an enclosure device. Selecting this option will just allow certain enclosure conditions to be reported and is not required. -comment "Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs" - depends on SCSI - config SCSI_MULTI_LUN bool "Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device" depends on SCSI help - If you have a SCSI device that supports more than one LUN (Logical - Unit Number), e.g. a CD jukebox, and only one LUN is detected, you - can say Y here to force the SCSI driver to probe for multiple LUNs. - A SCSI device with multiple LUNs acts logically like multiple SCSI - devices. The vast majority of SCSI devices have only one LUN, and - so most people can say N here. The max_luns boot/module parameter - allows to override this setting. + Some devices support more than one LUN (Logical Unit Number) in order + to allow access to several media, e.g. CD jukebox, USB card reader, + mobile phone in mass storage mode. This option forces the kernel to + probe for all LUNs by default. This setting can be overriden by + max_luns boot/module parameter. Note that this option does not affect + devices conforming to SCSI-3 or higher as they can explicitely report + their number of LUNs. It is safe to say Y here unless you have one of + those rare devices which reacts in an unexpected way when probed for + multiple LUNs. config SCSI_CONSTANTS bool "Verbose SCSI error reporting (kernel size +=12K)" |