From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/, drivers/net/ , missing EXPERIMENTAL in menus Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:45:21 -0400 Message-ID: <469E7BE1.6090401@garzik.org> References: <469E75AA.7040109@pimpmylinux.org> <20070718134012.cde2f956.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Robert P. J. Day" , Gabriel C , Linux Kernel Mailing List , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Randy Dunlap Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:60488 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757654AbXGRUp1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:45:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070718134012.cde2f956.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:23:09 -0400 (EDT) Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> there's no point adding all that redundant content when it can all be >> done automatically. > > I like it. Are there any kconfig patches to support this plan? Speaking specifically to adding 'EXPERIMENTAL', I distinctly remember at some point in the past the config system was smart enough to print " (EXPERIMENTAL)" if that entry depended on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL. We should head in that direction. I strongly NAK the original patch from Gabriel C in this thread -- it just adds too much redundant info. Better to add it -once-, somewhere inside Kconfig system. Jeff