On Thursday 27 September 2007, Nick Piggin wrote: > On Saturday 29 September 2007 00:34, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Nick Piggin wrote: > > > > God I hate select. > > > > > > IMO a better implementation would result in a notification / confirmation > > > of turning on new items, and the ability to deselect options which will > > > also confirm to deselect dependants. Like most other systems that have > > > similar problem to solve. > > > > Actually, the *really* nice thing to do would be to just add the reason > > something got enabled into the ".config" file. > > > > IOW, wouldn't it be nice if the .config file just said > > > > ... > > CONFIG_ACPI=y # selected by X86_64_ACPI_NUMA > > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=y # user choice > > ... > > > > etc, since the config process actually does know these things? > > Sure, that would probably be pretty trivial to implement too, and > would solve most problems for kernel devs. > > At a level up from that, I think ease of use could be improved with > a package manager-type chained-selection/deselection feature in > the config tools. > > Not that I'm volunteering to implement either ;) > > > > > That way, there's always a fairly straightforward way to see why some > > configuration is the way it is (and the .config file is not only useful > > for "make oldconfig", it's also what normally gets passed around for bug > > reports, and is part of distro kernel packages etc, so it would seem to be > > the right place, no?) > > > > Linus > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
Adding the comments to the .config files sounds like a good project for a comparative newbie. By the end of next week I should have hardware available for experimental kernel builds. (And also some free wetware cycles.) Are there any other requirements for formatting I should consider? In a case where option A is specified by option B which is specified by option C which is specified by option D, should the comment on A mention B, or D or all three items in the chain? -- Elyse Grasso http://www.data-raptors.com Computers and Technology http://www.astraltrading.com Divination and Science Fiction http://www.data-raptors.com/global-cgi-bin/cgiwrap/emgrasso/blosxom.cgi WebLog - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
