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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com>,
	andersen@codepoet.org, Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux kernel config converter
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:08:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C750D8A.435317E4@mandrakesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E16duzn-0007E0-00@the-village.bc.nu>

Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > > 2. does it handle the 'I want this feature, turn on everything I need for
> > > it'?
> >
> > This is fundamentally impossible for anything beyond the most simple
> > features. Although you can do a lot with config.in info, "everything I
> > need" is something a human needs to define in many cases.
> 
> You can do that with CML1 or his code. The problem is that you need to
> go back through checking with the user because

I think I am stumbling over semantics... I know you can turn on needed
stuff when you say "I want CONFIG_USB_HID",
but "I want this feature, turn on everything I need" sounded to me more
like autoconfigurator-type stuff, which is guessing at best.

	Jeff



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  reply	other threads:[~2002-02-21 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-21 10:48 linux kernel config converter Roman Zippel
2002-02-21 11:40 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-21 12:21   ` Roman Zippel
2002-02-21 12:32     ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-21 12:54 ` Erik Andersen
2002-02-21 13:21   ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-21 14:28     ` David Lang
2002-02-21 14:36       ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-21 14:40         ` David Lang
2002-02-21 15:05           ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-21 15:41             ` Jason Lunz
2002-02-21 15:54               ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-21 15:18         ` Alan Cox
2002-02-21 15:08           ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2002-02-21 15:22             ` Gerd Knorr
2002-02-21 15:33       ` Roman Zippel
2002-02-21 18:53     ` Andreas Dilger
     [not found] <fa.gq2s5iv.1s4in@ifi.uio.no>
2002-02-21 13:28 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-02-21 14:11   ` Roman Zippel
2002-02-21 14:32     ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-02-21 15:19       ` Roman Zippel
     [not found] <fa.fsgrt4v.1bngh9t@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.hp69onv.i7qtq3@ifi.uio.no>
2002-02-21 14:06   ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-02-21 14:26     ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-21 14:39       ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-02-21 15:11         ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-21 16:00       ` Randy.Dunlap
     [not found]   ` <fa.lqt3hav.190o1i9@ifi.uio.no>
2002-02-21 14:50     ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-02-21 14:56       ` David Lang
2002-02-21 15:05         ` Giacomo Catenazzi

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