Re: Petition against kernel configuration options madness...

Dave Jones
2002-11-03T21:53:58Z

On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:52:48PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> This is potentially becoming a FAQ... I ran into this too, as did
> several people in the office. People who compile custom kernels seem to
> run into this when they first jump into 2.5.x. AT Keyboard support is
> definitely buried :/

Documentation isn't enough. It _has_ to be made simpler.
Its obvious that this is the #1 stumbling block to a 2.5 virgin right now.
I fell over it myself when I merged it, as did Linus I believe.
It's just not obvious enough.

Having it documented obviously isn't enough too. I covered this in
the document[*] I wrote last week, which got ~3000 direct hits, ~7000
or so on Linux-today, and god knows how many elsewhere.
(Either that, or my description of the problem sucked).

Dave

[*] http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt

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