Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: inconsistent xconfig menu for "Wirless LAN (non-hamradio)" | Date | Sun, 5 Jan 2003 13:02:01 +0000 (GMT) |
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> since that card uses the hermes chipset, i naturally selected > "Hermes chipset 802.11b ...". but wait -- a few lines down, there's > a comment, "Wireless Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support." strange, i > could have sworn i selected something like that a few lines up > already.
In my opinion, options like that should be called "Generic Hermes chipset 802.11b support".
> worse, even further down, there's "Hermes PCMCIA card support," > for which the original selection has help that tells me that it was > necessary for me to select this later feature. in that case, > if it's *required*, i shouldn't have any freedom -- the config > should select it for me.
No, there might be a reason not to have options selected which are "required", and that needs to be possible whichever kernel configurator is being used.
> anyway, you the idea -- for my poor, little LinkSys WFC-11 card, > there are too many selections in that menu that seem to apply to me, > some of which should be more tightly related, or subsumed in a > submenu.
The *best* thing to do is to make the help text more helpful, because that way it explains the configuration to the user, instead of just doing it for them.
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