Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 May 2003 19:40:16 +0100 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.5.70 compile error |
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On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 08:19:39PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > What the hell am I supposed to enter here? This is just friggin ugly > > and un-readable. It should be cleaned up. > I agree and I already fixed this here, so with the next update this will > look like this: > > Subarchitecture Type > > 1. PC-compatible (X86_PC) > 2. Voyager (NCR) (X86_VOYAGER) > 3. NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent) (X86_NUMAQ) > 4. Summit/EXA (IBM x440) (X86_SUMMIT) > 5. Support for other sub-arch SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs (X86_BIGSMP) > 6. SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation) (X86_VISWS) > 7. Generic architecture (Summit, bigsmp, default) (X86_GENERICARCH) (NEW) > choice[1-7]: > > This has other advantages too, one can see now which options were newly > added and the individual help texts are accessible.
Given that 99% of users will be choosing option 1, it might be a good thing to have the remaining options only shown if a CONFIG_X86_SUBARCHS=y and have things default to option 1 if =n.
Dave
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