linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] xconfig: Add support to show hidden options which have prompts

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Date:	Mon, 03 May 2010 11:01:53 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] xconfig: Add support to show hidden options which
 have prompts

On 04/29/10 18:43, Li Zefan wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 04/28/10 22:58, Li Zefan wrote:
>>> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:49:30 +0800 Li Zefan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This feature has been supported in menuconfig and gconfig, so
>>>>> here add it to xconfig.
>>>> Looks/sounds reasonable, but it does hide some symbols that were previously displayed
>>>> when in "Show all options" mode.
>>>>
>>>> E.g., CONFIG_64BIT is not displayed at all with this patch applied
>>>> (except by the Search function).
>>>> Also, X86_32 is not displayed at all (when this patch is applied)
>>>> and it cannot be found or displayed by the Search function.
>>>>
>>
>> I'm using a kernel source tree with your 12 patches applied.
>> Should that be OK?
>>
> 
> Should be Ok. I'm using -tip tree with those 12 patches applied.
> So which source tree are you using?

linux-2.6.34-rc4 + your 12 patches.

> If we use the same tree, the same arch (x86_32), and the same .config,
> we shuold see the same result.

I'm using ARCH=x86_64

>> I don't see any of the hidden (no prompt string) symbols from
>> arch/x86/Kconfig displayed.  Or maybe they have just moved, but I can't
>> locate them.
>>
> 
> So we can't see "64BIT" in "Show prompt options" mode either ?

It shows up in the Search box but not in any regular menu AFAICT.

> (btw, I'll be on vacation, and probably won't be responsive util 5/6...)

OK, no problem.


thanks.
-- 
~Randy
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