Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ATA Kconfig cleanup: sort the driver list and modify some text | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Date | Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:49:55 +0200 |
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Grant Coady <grant_lkml@dodo.com.au> writes:
>>How the user compiling the kernel knows what ATA_SFF stands for? > > They read the help text :)
Well, can't say you're wrong...
>>Why not "select ATA_SFF" instead (when any driver using this is >>selected)? > > Because then the driver list is always visible?
And it's IMHO great. Don't you like the full list immediately when drivers/ata are selected?
> Besides, I don't like the way select locks in stuff at the moment, means > you have to turn off every option to get rid of the forced select option > -- I'd rather see turning off a 'select'ed item drop all of its > dependencies.
But it's not a problem with drivers/ata, is it? Personally I think I'd prefer a dialog box listing dependencies and asking what to do with that, and other improvements. I guess I should start hacking kconfig some day. -- Krzysztof Halasa
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