linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] gconfig: add support to show hidden options that have prompts

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Message-ID: <4BC6C3A8.3020409@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:43:36 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] gconfig: add support to show hidden options that
 have prompts

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:46:24 +0800 Li Zefan wrote:
> 
>> There's a button in gconfig to "Show all options", but I think
>> normally we are not interested in those configs which have no
>> prompt and thus can't be changed, so here I add a new button to
>> show hidden options which have prompts.
> 
> (The new option is called "Show all prompt options".)
> 
> These patches are looking good so far in my limited testing.
> 
> However, if gconfig is going to live, it needs at least one more thing:
> it should display the kconfig symbol type (tristate, boolean, etc.)
> like xconfig does (explicitly) and menuconfig does (by using [x] or <x>
> in the menu).
> 

Hmm, I think I can spend some time on this.
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