Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

Satyam Sharma
2007-05-15T02:42:19Z

> On 5/15/07, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> wrote:
> > [...]
> > They are just a menu
>
> Ok, so they don't really affect Makefiles / sources (and thus builds).
> In that case I'd suggest that let's please change the names of such
> menuconfig options from CONFIG_ to CONFIG_MENU_, otherwise

Or perhaps we could change the text associated with these
"menu-only" dummy constructs instead ...

> we really screw the text-based "make oldconfig" folks who think
> that they're taking a build-related (and not presentation-related)
> decision when confronted with a:

So:

> Ethernet (1000 Mbit) (NETDEV_1000) [Y/n] (NEW)

becomes:

[MENU] Ethernet (1000 Mbit) (NETDEV_1000) [Y/n] (NEW)

?

Thanks,
Satyam