Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: a few more "make xconfig" inconsistencies | Date | Wed, 1 Jan 2003 15:24:36 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > > Oh, I see what you mean. This behavior is a "feature" of the old > > > xconfig (it's been so since the 2.0 times or thereabouts). menuconfig > > > will hide entirely what xconfig merely grays out. > > > > I actually like that feature :-(. > > > > On the other hand, the TCL-based config system has gone completely in > > 2.5. I look forward to the 2.7 tree opening when hopefully somebody > > will bring it back as an extra choice, just for the sake of it :-). > > The new config system provides a generic library for handling kernel > configuration. My bet is we can expect lots of kernel config frontends > turning up as soon as 2.6 sees the light of the world (and people find > out how great it is :D).
Cool - the big disadvantage of the QT-based kernel configurator is that it takes ages to load on slow boxes, (even on my MMX-200 it's slow, and that's not _that_ old).
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