linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

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Message-ID: <4648DA8A.6070702@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Mon, 14 May 2007 23:54:18 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
CC:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> menuconfig NETDEV_10000
> 	bool "Ethernet (10GbE)"
> 	---help--
> 	Say Y here to actually be able to go into this menu
> 	and select some drivers that we think belong to the
> 	"10 Gigabit Ethernet" family.
> 
> 	If unsure, it is unwise to say N!
> 
> See, this looks so fundamentally basic to me that I find it
> almost funny. YMMV, hence I asked for suggestions from
> other people.

One problem is, nobody can see easily whether saying Y is merely the
ticket to get into the menu, or whether it on its own will cause
something to be built.

PS:  I still believe that Kconfigs shouldn't by overly burdened with
presentation.  Presentation should mostly be left to the UIs.  And the
UIs shouldn't be created by kernel hackers...  ;-)
-- 
Stefan Richter
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