Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-05-11 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On May 10 2007 23:18, Andrew Morton wrote: >On Fri, 11 May 2007 08:05:50 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> On May 10 2007 15:38, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-05-10 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 11 May 2007 08:05:50 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 10 2007 15:38, Andrew Morton wrote: > >Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they > >> can be disabled whilst "walking" th

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-05-10 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On May 10 2007 15:38, Andrew Morton wrote: >Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they >> can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu (check the >> videos [1], [2] to see what I mean), enabling for disabling l

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-05-10 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:17:40 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they > can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu (check the > videos [1], [2] to see what I mean), enabling for disabling lots of

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-13 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Apr 13 2007 11:50, Jean Delvare wrote: > >As far as I can see, the hwmon subsystem would benefit from that too. yeah next series... Jan -- - 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://vg

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-13 Thread Jean Delvare
Jan, On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:17:40 +0200 (MEST), Jan Engelhardt wrote: > the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they > can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu (check the > videos [1], [2] to see what I mean), enabling for disabling lots of > options _qu

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-12 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:16:35 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 12 2007 15:50, Andrew Morton wrote: > >On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:17:40 +0200 (MEST) > >Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-12 Thread Randy Dunlap
Jan Engelhardt wrote: Hi, On Apr 12 2007 16:07, Randy Dunlap wrote: On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:50:12 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: So I merged the 23 of these which survived review and which do not intersect with other outstanding work. I don't think I have an opinion on whether the change is actual

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-12 Thread Jan Engelhardt
Hi, On Apr 12 2007 15:50, Andrew Morton wrote: >On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:17:40 +0200 (MEST) >Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they >> can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu > >So I merged the 23 of thes

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-12 Thread Jan Engelhardt
Hi, On Apr 12 2007 16:07, Randy Dunlap wrote: >On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:50:12 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: >> >> So I merged the 23 of these which survived review and which do not >> intersect with other outstanding work. >> >> I don't think I have an opinion on whether the change is actually an >>

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-12 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:50:12 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:17:40 +0200 (MEST) > Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they > > can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu > > So I merge

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-12 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:17:40 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they > can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu So I merged the 23 of these which survived review and which do not intersect with

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-11 Thread Al Boldi
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Apr 11 2007 07:42, Al Boldi wrote: > >Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >Correct, no oversight here; but it may be more meaningful, if you could > >default select child-options based on the parent-state, like HW_RANDOM. > > A symbol will already have the 'magic' you describe if

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-11 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 06:53:37PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Apr 11 2007 07:42, Al Boldi wrote: > >>Also, I don't think it's necessary to touch any of the "depends on"; keep > >>them as is, as they don't hurt staying that way, and may actually be > >>necessary un

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-11 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Apr 11 2007 18:53, Stefan Richter wrote: >Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> On Apr 11 2007 07:42, Al Boldi wrote: >>>Also, I don't think it's necessary to touch any of the "depends on"; keep >>>them as is, as they don't hurt staying that way, and may actually be >>>necessary under certain circumstance

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-11 Thread Stefan Richter
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Apr 11 2007 07:42, Al Boldi wrote: >>Also, I don't think it's necessary to touch any of the "depends on"; keep >>them as is, as they don't hurt staying that way, and may actually be >>necessary under certain circumstances. (see EMBEDDED) > > Simplifying the depends li

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-11 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Apr 11 2007 07:42, Al Boldi wrote: >Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >Correct, no oversight here; but it may be more meaningful, if you could >default select child-options based on the parent-state, like HW_RANDOM. A symbol will already have the 'magic' you describe if its creator wrote it that way.

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:09:01AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > > On Apr 11 2007 00:04, Stefan Richter wrote: > > > > > >[...] I tried one of the patches > > > - with make xconfig: OK > > > - with make gconfig: OK > > > - with make menuconfig: les

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Al Boldi
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Apr 11 2007 01:12, Al Boldi wrote: > >Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they > >> can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu > > > >Great, but instead of making it a simple on/off, make it tri-state t

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:09:01AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Apr 11 2007 00:04, Stefan Richter wrote: > > > >[...] I tried one of the patches > > - with make xconfig: OK > > - with make gconfig: OK > > - with make menuconfig: less so, because: > >When one switches a menuconfig _on_, o

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Stefan Richter
David Lang wrote: > On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: >> - with make xconfig: OK >> - with make gconfig: OK >> - with make menuconfig: less so, because: >> When one switches a menuconfig _on_, one might miss that there are >> subsequent options to configure. (Although the availability

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Apr 11 2007 01:12, Al Boldi wrote: >Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they >> can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu > >Great, but instead of making it a simple on/off, make it tri-state that would >default select all ch

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread David Lang
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: Jan Engelhardt wrote: the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu (check the videos [1], [2] to see what I mean), enabling for disabling lots of options _quickly_. I'll

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Apr 11 2007 00:04, Stefan Richter wrote: > >[...] I tried one of the patches > - with make xconfig: OK > - with make gconfig: OK > - with make menuconfig: less so, because: >When one switches a menuconfig _on_, one might miss that there are >subsequent options to configure. (Although the av

[PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Al Boldi
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they > can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu Great, but instead of making it a simple on/off, make it tri-state that would default select all child-options appropriately. (see HW_RANDOM)

Re: [PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Stefan Richter
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they > can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu (check the > videos [1], [2] to see what I mean), enabling for disabling lots of > options _quickly_. > > I'll send the patches (as a reply to

[PATCH 0/30] Use menuconfig objects

2007-04-10 Thread Jan Engelhardt
Hello list, the following patch series turns some menus into menuconfigs, so they can be disabled whilst "walking" thorugh the parent menu (check the videos [1], [2] to see what I mean), enabling for disabling lots of options _quickly_. I'll send the patches (as a reply to this mail) piece by