Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:42:36 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: RFC: add an ADVANCED_USER option |
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On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:05:52PM +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>> On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > What we could do is to add an additional ADVANCED_USER option that > > hides options like VMSPLIT or the NAPI options for net drivers. > > > config ADVANCED_USER > > bool "ask questions that require a deeper knowledge of the kernel" > > > config EXPERIMENTAL > > bool "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers" > > depends on ADVANCED_USER > > Shouldn't this be the other way around, i.e. ADVANCED_USER depending > on EXPERIMENTAL?
No, if there's a dependency between the two, then in this direction.
> If you implement it as above, people will set ADVANCED_USER to "n" in > oldconfig and then be surprised that all experimental drivers are > gone.
What about no dependency between ADVANCED_USER and EXPERIMENTAL?
cu Adrian
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