linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

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Message-Id: <200705150736.04227.mgd@technosis.de>
Date:	Tue, 15 May 2007 07:35:50 +0200
From:	Michael Gerdau <mgd@...hnosis.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

> >Seriously, it might be a tad more efficient if the help texts were
> >written by those who invented the options in the first place.
> 
> 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.

I remember very well the time when I first issued make menuconfig.
Ever since then I've been grateful for all those "fundamentally basic"
explanations. And I've learned quite alot about kernelconfig just
by reading them.

Best,
Michael
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