linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] xconfig: Add support to show hidden options which have prompts

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Message-ID: <4BD99A56.4070800@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:40:22 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] xconfig: Add support to show hidden options which
 have prompts

On 04/28/10 22:58, Li Zefan wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:49:30 +0800 Li Zefan wrote:
>>
>>> This feature has been supported in menuconfig and gconfig, so
>>> here add it to xconfig.
>>
>> Looks/sounds reasonable, but it does hide some symbols that were previously displayed
>> when in "Show all options" mode.
>>
>> E.g., CONFIG_64BIT is not displayed at all with this patch applied
>> (except by the Search function).
>> Also, X86_32 is not displayed at all (when this patch is applied)
>> and it cannot be found or displayed by the Search function.
>>

I'm using a kernel source tree with your 12 patches applied.
Should that be OK?

I don't see any of the hidden (no prompt string) symbols from
arch/x86/Kconfig displayed.  Or maybe they have just moved, but I can't
locate them.

> 
> I don't see this issue, though I found a bug in this patch...
> Could you send me your .config (in private) ?

Done, but the issue is not config-specific.

>> IOW, Show all options mode is busted.  :(


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