Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264487AbTE1DID (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 23:08:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264489AbTE1DIC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 23:08:02 -0400 Received: from franka.aracnet.com ([216.99.193.44]:54746 "EHLO franka.aracnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264487AbTE1DIA (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 May 2003 23:08:00 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 20:20:48 -0700 From: "Martin J. Bligh" To: Dave Jones cc: Roman Zippel , John Stoffel , William Lee Irwin III , DevilKin-LKML , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.5.70 compile error Message-ID: <9880000.1054092047@[10.10.2.4]> In-Reply-To: <20030527234051.GA7174@suse.de> References: <200305271048.36495.devilkin-lkml@blindguardian.org> <20030527130515.GH8978@holomorphy.com> <200305271729.49047.devilkin-lkml@blindguardian.org> <20030527153619.GJ8978@holomorphy.com> <16083.35048.737099.575241@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <20030527184016.GA5847@suse.de> <4060000.1054072761@[10.10.2.4]> <20030527234051.GA7174@suse.de> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.2.1 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1482 Lines: 33 > > Please, not more layered config options! That just makes people who > > want to enable the x440 or other alternative platform require fair > > amounts of psychic power (maybe this can be fixed with a big fat help > > message, but so can the current method). > > With all due respect, 'screw x440 et al'. The fact remains that a > majority of users won't even know what an x440 _is_, let alone > need to configure for one. If someone has actually ended up with > one of those, I'd like to think they at least have enough clue to > know what it is they've just spent their megabucks on. ;-) > > If you're going hide the other options away so much, then the default > > should be the generic arch, IMHO. > > That's precisely what I was saying. I think we're in agreement, > in a roundabout 'same but different' sort of way. I think. OK, I think so ... I just think making the generic arch the default is sufficient, without hiding things away under another menu where it's harder to find ... if people don't understand the question, they should just take the default. Frigging with the wording might help a bit ... I think there's some way to force a hint to appear automatically like "if you don't know, use XXX". M. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/