From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753652AbWLRJm6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:42:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753654AbWLRJm6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:42:58 -0500 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:58606 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753652AbWLRJm6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:42:58 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 24.148.236.183 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:38:39 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Stefan Richter cc: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make entries in the "Device drivers" menu individually selectable In-Reply-To: <4583D008.40806@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Message-ID: References: <4583D008.40806@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-14.754, required 5, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 2.05) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Stefan Richter wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote on 2006-12-14: > > i've posted on this before so here's a slightly-updated patch > > that uses the kbuild "menuconfig" feature to make numerous entries > > under the Device drivers menu selectable on the spot. > > Works for me, but I don't see a lot of benefit from it. Actually I > see two disadvantages of the patch: > > - Without the patch, the choice of y/m/n for a subsystem and the > help text is put aside into the submenu. I find this current layout > simpler and quieter. it's certainly "simpler and quieter" in one sense, but one need only look at a submenu like "Network device support" to see a very "loud" menu, so it's not like this patch would be introducing an unprecedented level of noise. also, in the Device Drivers menu, i find it slightly annoying that i have to *enter* a submenu to read its help information. if i see the entry, say, "Dallas's 1-wire bus" and i have no idea what that is and select "Help", i get the generic help screen. i need to select that entry and enter the submenu just to read its top-level help. in any event, i'm sure folks understand what i'm after here. if there's a cleaner and more efficient way to do this, that would work for me. rday