Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:17:17 -0800 | From | Nivedita Singhvi <> | Subject | Re: [patch/RFC] networking menus |
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Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> This is just a first pass/RFC. It moves "Networking support" out of > the "Device Drivers" menu, which seems helpful to me. However, > ISTM that it should really just be the "Networking options" here > and not include Amateur Radio, IrDA, and Bluetooth support. > I.e., I think that those latter 3 should fall under Device Drivers. > Does that make sense to anyone else?
Just a comment that those 3 subsystems are not just device drivers, they have non-trivial amount of code in the protocol stack under ../net/. So would moving them to device drivers be misleading in any way?
I can see pulling out Networking support from under device drivers, though.
> Does this need to be discussed on netdev (also)?
Yes. :)
thanks, Nivedita
> > // Linux 2.6.4 > // Rearrange networking menus so that Networking support/options > // isn't buried inside Device Drivers. > > diffstat:= > drivers/Kconfig | 4 +++- > init/Kconfig | 0 > net/Kconfig | 6 ++---- > net/ax25/Kconfig | 7 ++----- > net/bluetooth/Kconfig | 4 +--- > net/irda/Kconfig | 6 ++---- > 6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > > diff -Naurp ./drivers/Kconfig~net_config ./drivers/Kconfig > --- ./drivers/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:44.000000000 -0800 > +++ ./drivers/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:20:39.000000000 -0800 > @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ > # drivers/Kconfig > > +source "net/Kconfig" > + > menu "Device Drivers" > > source "drivers/base/Kconfig" > @@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ source "drivers/message/i2o/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/macintosh/Kconfig" > > -source "net/Kconfig" > +source "drivers/net/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/isdn/Kconfig" > > diff -Naurp ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig~net_config ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig > --- ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:43.000000000 -0800 > +++ ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:41:42.000000000 -0800 > @@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ > # Bluetooth subsystem configuration > # > > -menu "Bluetooth support" > +menuconfig BT > depends on NET > - > -config BT > tristate "Bluetooth subsystem support" > help > Bluetooth is low-cost, low-power, short-range wireless technology. > diff -Naurp ./net/irda/Kconfig~net_config ./net/irda/Kconfig > --- ./net/irda/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:27.000000000 -0800 > +++ ./net/irda/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:39:39.000000000 -0800 > @@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ > # IrDA protocol configuration > # > > -menu "IrDA (infrared) support" > +menuconfig IRDA > depends on NET > - > -config IRDA > - tristate "IrDA subsystem support" > + tristate "IrDA (infrared) subsystem support" > ---help--- > Say Y here if you want to build support for the IrDA (TM) protocols. > The Infrared Data Associations (tm) specifies standards for wireless > diff -Naurp ./net/ax25/Kconfig~net_config ./net/ax25/Kconfig > --- ./net/ax25/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:44.000000000 -0800 > +++ ./net/ax25/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:40:01.000000000 -0800 > @@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ > # Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@yaina.de> > # 19980129 Moved to net/ax25/Config.in, sourcing device drivers. > > -menu "Amateur Radio support" > - > -config HAMRADIO > +menuconfig HAMRADIO > + depends on NET > bool "Amateur Radio support" > help > If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y > @@ -109,5 +108,3 @@ source "drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig" > > endmenu > > -endmenu > - > diff -Naurp ./net/Kconfig~net_config ./net/Kconfig > --- ./net/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:21.000000000 -0800 > +++ ./net/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:24:30.000000000 -0800 > @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ > # Network configuration > # > > -menu "Networking support" > +###menu "Networking support" > > -config NET > +menuconfig NET > bool "Networking support" > ---help--- > Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here. > @@ -650,8 +650,6 @@ endmenu > > endmenu > > -source "drivers/net/Kconfig" > - > source "net/ax25/Kconfig" > > source "net/irda/Kconfig" > diff -Naurp ./init/Kconfig~net_config ./init/Kconfig > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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