Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:50:28 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig |
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Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:48:00 +0200 Folkert van Heusden wrote: > > >> Hi, >> >> Maybe it is a nice enhancement for make menuconfig to more explicitly >> give a pop-up or so when someone selects for example a sata controller >> while no 'scsi-disk' support was selected? >> > > 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. > > > 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. > A popup hardly ever makes sense - popups generally are a bad user interface. The user will have to dismiss the popup - every time - whether he needs the warning or not.
But feel free to print a warning somewhere, such as a status line. The warning itself is useful, but not something we will have to dismiss in order to go on with the job.
Helge Hafting
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