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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706191002150.3068@twin.jikos.cz> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:04:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz> To: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org> cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Quota netlink interface On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Jan Kara wrote: > OK, I can make it 'depends on NET' instead. I guess it's no problem in > this case since whoever wants quota is going to have NET enabled. > The problem I sometimes have with 'depends on' is that the option is > invisible until you have enabled all the dependencies so it's hard to > a) find out that there exists and interesting feature (because it depends > on something you are not used to turn on). > b) you know the feature exists but you have to dig in Kconfigs to find out > what you have to enable first... > Maybe we could improve Kconfig to support other type of dependency that > shows you the option even if these dependencies are not satisfied (probably in > some other color) but allows you to only view help and unresolved > dependencies... (added Roman to CC) I'd really appreciate this feature for precisely the same reasons indeed. Roman, what do you think about it? Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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