Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:38:39 -0500 (EST) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make entries in the "Device drivers" menu individually selectable |
| |
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote on 2006-12-14: > > i've posted on this before so here's a slightly-updated patch > > that uses the kbuild "menuconfig" feature to make numerous entries > > under the Device drivers menu selectable on the spot. > > Works for me, but I don't see a lot of benefit from it. Actually I > see two disadvantages of the patch: > > - Without the patch, the choice of y/m/n for a subsystem and the > help text is put aside into the submenu. I find this current layout > simpler and quieter.
it's certainly "simpler and quieter" in one sense, but one need only look at a submenu like "Network device support" to see a very "loud" menu, so it's not like this patch would be introducing an unprecedented level of noise.
also, in the Device Drivers menu, i find it slightly annoying that i have to *enter* a submenu to read its help information. if i see the entry, say, "Dallas's 1-wire bus" and i have no idea what that is and select "Help", i get the generic help screen. i need to select that entry and enter the submenu just to read its top-level help.
in any event, i'm sure folks understand what i'm after here. if there's a cleaner and more efficient way to do this, that would work for me.
rday - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |