Re: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1

Sam Ravnborg
2007-09-18T15:49:38Z

On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:07:23AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:18:41 PDT, Andrew Morton said:
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc6/2.6.23-rc6-mm1/
>
> > +gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-config_uevent_helper_path.patch
>
> So I do a 'make silentoldconfig', and I get:
>
> *
> * Generic Driver Options
> *
> path to uevent helper (UEVENT_HELPER_PATH) [/sbin/hotplug] (NEW)
>
> (Hey wow - the patch has a 'help' section, but no '?' listed because it's not a
> bool or tristate. You can apparently get help during 'make menuconfig' but not
> 'make *oldconfig'. That rocks. ;)
Please cc: relevant people next time you complain about kconfig.

Thanks,
Sam