(In reply to Takashi Iwai from comment #19) > > Because the requirements are different. > > CONFIG_SCSI=y is set on openSUSE kernels *just* for a faster boot in many > years ago. Then we kept the config as is. Meanwhile SLE didn't care the > faster boot so much but rather be conservative, thus it's kept as module. > Sorry but I really don't see the point in making SLE different then. If the faster boot on TW is the only reason then I'm puzzled. Why would we want to keep a slower boot on SLE if there's no technical reason to do so ? Especially since this force us to load unconditionally the module on boot anyways.