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Message-ID: <45C8A4E9.9080304@tmr.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:55:21 -0500
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To: Mark Rustad <mrustad@...il.com>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] MTD: fix DOC2000/2001/2001PLUS build error
Mark Rustad wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> And I told you that you could just improve the tools that track those
>> dependencies ANYWAY!
>
> They aren't that bad even now. Using menuconfig (I'm a fossil that just
> uses curses for most things), hitting ? shows what depends or selects
> any particular entry. That is good enough for me now. Maybe I am just
> willing to ask for help, but the help already seems to be there.
>
I think the problem Linus referenced with not even seeing an option is
an issue, you can't "?" on an option you can't see. An I use menuconfig
also, from long habit (accessing a remote compile server with slow dialup).
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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