linux-kernel - Re: nconfig v7

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Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:28:55 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	Nir Tzachar <nir.tzachar@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: nconfig v7

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 03:25:14PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> On Sunday 2009-12-13 12:55, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> >
> >> >Thanks for catching this. It is a by-product of the code for
> >> >presenting everything inside a single menu. Easily fixed in the next
> >> >version. By the way, is anyone using this option at all? It would much
> >> >simplify the code if I did not have to support the one giant menu
> >> >option.
> >> 
> >> Well nconfig is the first to provide that option. (Note: I don't use 
> >> gconfig or xconfig, so I cannot tell if they have something like that.)
> >> So to see whether there is use, you would have to wait a number of 
> >> kernel releases that have nconfig integrated.
> >
> >We already have:
> >Optional personality available                                        
> >  . ------------------------------                                     
> >  . If you prefer to have all of the kernel options listed in a single  
> >  . menu, rather than the default multimenu hierarchy, run the menuconfig
> >  . with MENUCONFIG_MODE environment variable set to single_menu. Example:
> >  .                                                                   
> >  . make MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu menuconfig                        
> 
> I think the discussion went about "show hidden symbols" rather than
> "show everything in a single menu". Or at least that was my intention -
> sorry for any confusion.

I did not check what nconfig does exactly - I just assumed it was
the single_menu mode.
I know several people has requested the possibility to see all
ie. also hidden) symbols before.

	Sam
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