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From: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] kconfig: add support to show hidden options which have prompts
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:43:25 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BC539DD.5040003@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)

Usage:
  (in menuconfig)
  Press <Z> to show all config symbols which have prompts.

Quote Tim Bird (http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/19/319):

| I've been bitten by this numerous times.  I most often
| use ftrace on ARM, but when I go back to x86, I almost
| always go through a sequence of searching for the
| function graph tracer in the menus, then realizing it's
| completely missing until I disable CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE.
|
| Is there any way to have the menu item appear, but be
| unsettable unless the SIZE option is disabled?  I'm
| not a Kconfig guru...

I myself found this useful too. For example, I need to test
ftrace/tracing and want to be sure all the tracing features are
enabled, so I  enter the "Tracers" menu, and press <Z> to
see if there is any config hidden.

I noticed gconfig and xconfig have a button "Show all options",
but that's a bit too much, and I think normally what we are not
interested in those configs which have no prompt thus can't be
changed by users.

Exmaple:

      --- Tracers
      -*-   Kernel Function Tracer
      - -     Kernel Function Graph Tracer
      [*]   Interrupts-off Latency Tracer
      - -   Preemption-off Latency Tracer
      [*]   Sysprof Tracer

Here you can see 2 tracers are not selectable, and then can find
out how to make them selectable.

I also add this support for gconfig, but haven't done for xconfig.

btw: are there many users using gconfig/xconfig today ?

---
 Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt |    2 +-
 scripts/kconfig/gconf.c                   |  113 ++++++++++-------------------
 scripts/kconfig/gconf.glade               |   26 +++++--
 scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h               |    3 +-
 scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c       |    4 +-
 scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c        |   22 +++---
 scripts/kconfig/mconf.c                   |   22 +++++-
 scripts/kconfig/menu.c                    |   12 +++-
 scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped       |   21 +++++-
 scripts/kconfig/zconf.y                   |   21 +++++-
 10 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)

             reply	other threads:[~2010-04-14  3:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-14  3:43 Li Zefan [this message]
2010-04-14  3:44 ` [PATCH 1/6] kconfig: some small fixes Li Zefan
2010-04-14  3:44 ` [PATCH 2/6] kconfig: fix zconfdump() Li Zefan
2010-04-14  3:44 ` [PATCH 3/6] gconfig: remove dbg_print_ptype() and dbg_print_stype() Li Zefan
2010-04-14  3:44 ` [PATCH 4/6] gconfig: remove show_debug option Li Zefan
2010-04-14  3:46 ` [PATCH 5/6] menuconfig: add support to show hidden options which have prompts Li Zefan
2010-04-14 23:48   ` Randy Dunlap
2010-04-15  7:31     ` Li Zefan
2010-04-15  7:54       ` Michal Marek
2010-04-15  8:02         ` Li Zefan
2010-04-14  3:46 ` [PATCH 6/6] gconfig: add support to show hidden options that " Li Zefan
2010-04-14 23:48   ` Randy Dunlap
2010-04-15  7:43     ` Li Zefan
2010-04-14 13:57 ` [PATCH 0/6] kconfig: add support to show hidden options which " Michal Marek
2010-04-14 23:00 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-04-15  7:29   ` Li Zefan

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