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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:50:46 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1

On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:07:23AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:18:41 PDT, Andrew Morton said:
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc6/2.6.23-rc6-mm1/
> 
> > +gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-config_uevent_helper_path.patch
> 
> So I do a 'make silentoldconfig', and I get:
> 
> *
> * Generic Driver Options
> *
> path to uevent helper (UEVENT_HELPER_PATH) [/sbin/hotplug] (NEW)
> 
> (Hey wow - the patch has a 'help' section, but no '?' listed because it's not a
> bool or tristate. You can apparently get help during 'make menuconfig' but not
> 'make *oldconfig'. That rocks. ;)
Please cc: relevant people next time you complain about kconfig.

Thanks,
	Sam
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