linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] kconfig: add support to show hidden options which have prompts

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Message-Id: <20100414160043.7ffb1109.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:00:43 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] kconfig: add support to show hidden options which
 have prompts

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:43:25 +0800 Li Zefan wrote:

> I noticed gconfig and xconfig have a button "Show all options",
> but that's a bit too much, and I think normally what we are not
> interested in those configs which have no prompt thus can't be
> changed by users.

Yes, I use that all of the time (i.e., once it has been set, it remains
set for the next execution, so I leave it that way).


> Exmaple:
> 
>       --- Tracers
>       -*-   Kernel Function Tracer
>       - -     Kernel Function Graph Tracer
>       [*]   Interrupts-off Latency Tracer
>       - -   Preemption-off Latency Tracer
>       [*]   Sysprof Tracer
> 
> Here you can see 2 tracers are not selectable, and then can find
> out how to make them selectable.
> 
> I also add this support for gconfig, but haven't done for xconfig.
> 
> btw: are there many users using gconfig/xconfig today ?

I use xconfig quite a bit, but only use gconfig for making sure that
it still works or displays a menu tree correctly.

---
~Randy
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