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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] menu -> menuconfig changes
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Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> There are many submenus in the config system where the fist option 
>  controls the availability of the remaining options. This is very 
>  inconvenient in menuconfig, since you'll have to enter each menu
>  to see whether or not the corresponding subsystem is enabled.
> 
>  I suggest moving the first option out of the subsystem by changing
>  'menu' to 'menuconfig', as demonstrated by the patch below.

I'd agree with that.

>  --- ../linux-2.6.12/drivers/cdrom/Kconfig	2005-06-19 14:16:31.000000000 +0200
>  +++ ./drivers/cdrom/Kconfig	2005-06-29 11:27:02.000000000 +0200

eww.

   --- a/drivers/cdrom/Kconfig
   +++ a/drivers/cdrom/Kconfig

please.