On Thursday 27 Feb 2014 21:38:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 27/02/2014 19:24, Dan Johansson wrote: > >> This clearly states that the prompt you're looking for is a line that > >> > >> > says "open by fhandle syscalls" under "General setup" > >> > > >> > Sure, it's not the absolute simplest interface (i.e. it doesn't give a > >> > 'enable this' in the search results) but it does give all the > >> > necessary information about a given option to find it (as well as > >> > dependencies and their current states, etc). The most likely reason > >> > the news item doesn't list the specific "prompt" text (or even the > >> > category) is that, across even sub release versions of the kernel > >> > those are prone to change (and, at times, drastically) while the > >> > actual CONFIG_<name> option tends to be fairly static through time > >> > once it exists (even when superseded by new toys, i.e. older > >> > IDE/ATA/ATAPI options vs newer PATA options). > > > > But if you press "1" in the example above you will "jump" directly to > > the menu item. Clue --> (1) > > OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! > > I've been rolling kernels happily by hand for 10 years+ > > Almost all that time I've had a question: "How can I easily just go > straight to the option when I have it on the help screen?" > > Now I have a new burning question. Where is the closest geek-card > recycling facility? because I obviously don't deserve the one in my > wallet anymore
Oh, well if you didn't know it, I don't mind admitting it either. And it's only friends and family who think I have a geek card, so I shan't be joining you in the recycler queue. -- Regards Peter
