Re: [PATCH] 9p: fix compile error if !CONFIG_SYSCTL

["Elyse M. Grasso" <emgrasso@data-raptors.com>]

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
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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

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