Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262135AbUCODMa (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:12:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262149AbUCODMa (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:12:30 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:48309 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262135AbUCODMZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:12:25 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 19:07:24 -0800 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: Nivedita Singhvi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, davem@redhat.com, netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: [patch/RFC] networking menus Message-Id: <20040314190724.1af1f11d.rddunlap@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <4055122D.8030809@us.ibm.com> References: <20040314163327.53102f46.rddunlap@osdl.org> <4055122D.8030809@us.ibm.com> Organization: OSDL X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4878 Lines: 155 On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:17:17 -0800 Nivedita Singhvi wrote: | Randy.Dunlap wrote: | | > This is just a first pass/RFC. It moves "Networking support" out of | > the "Device Drivers" menu, which seems helpful to me. However, | > ISTM that it should really just be the "Networking options" here | > and not include Amateur Radio, IrDA, and Bluetooth support. | > I.e., I think that those latter 3 should fall under Device Drivers. | > Does that make sense to anyone else? | | Just a comment that those 3 subsystems are not just | device drivers, they have non-trivial amount of code | in the protocol stack under ../net/. So would moving | them to device drivers be misleading in any way? | | I can see pulling out Networking support from under | device drivers, though. Agreed, I looked again and those 3 should stay under "Networking support." I'm still looking for other items to move to make it all easier to navigate. | > Does this need to be discussed on netdev (also)? | | Yes. :) OK. Thanks for cc-ing it. | thanks, | Nivedita | | > | > // Linux 2.6.4 | > // Rearrange networking menus so that Networking support/options | > // isn't buried inside Device Drivers. | > | > diffstat:= | > drivers/Kconfig | 4 +++- | > init/Kconfig | 0 | > net/Kconfig | 6 ++---- | > net/ax25/Kconfig | 7 ++----- | > net/bluetooth/Kconfig | 4 +--- | > net/irda/Kconfig | 6 ++---- | > 6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) | > | > | > diff -Naurp ./drivers/Kconfig~net_config ./drivers/Kconfig | > --- ./drivers/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:44.000000000 -0800 | > +++ ./drivers/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:20:39.000000000 -0800 | > @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ | > # drivers/Kconfig | > | > +source "net/Kconfig" | > + | > menu "Device Drivers" | > | > source "drivers/base/Kconfig" | > @@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ source "drivers/message/i2o/Kconfig" | > | > source "drivers/macintosh/Kconfig" | > | > -source "net/Kconfig" | > +source "drivers/net/Kconfig" | > | > source "drivers/isdn/Kconfig" | > | > diff -Naurp ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig~net_config ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig | > --- ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:43.000000000 -0800 | > +++ ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:41:42.000000000 -0800 | > @@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ | > # Bluetooth subsystem configuration | > # | > | > -menu "Bluetooth support" | > +menuconfig BT | > depends on NET | > - | > -config BT | > tristate "Bluetooth subsystem support" | > help | > Bluetooth is low-cost, low-power, short-range wireless technology. | > diff -Naurp ./net/irda/Kconfig~net_config ./net/irda/Kconfig | > --- ./net/irda/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:27.000000000 -0800 | > +++ ./net/irda/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:39:39.000000000 -0800 | > @@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ | > # IrDA protocol configuration | > # | > | > -menu "IrDA (infrared) support" | > +menuconfig IRDA | > depends on NET | > - | > -config IRDA | > - tristate "IrDA subsystem support" | > + tristate "IrDA (infrared) subsystem support" | > ---help--- | > Say Y here if you want to build support for the IrDA (TM) protocols. | > The Infrared Data Associations (tm) specifies standards for wireless | > diff -Naurp ./net/ax25/Kconfig~net_config ./net/ax25/Kconfig | > --- ./net/ax25/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:44.000000000 -0800 | > +++ ./net/ax25/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:40:01.000000000 -0800 | > @@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ | > # Joerg Reuter DL1BKE | > # 19980129 Moved to net/ax25/Config.in, sourcing device drivers. | > | > -menu "Amateur Radio support" | > - | > -config HAMRADIO | > +menuconfig HAMRADIO | > + depends on NET | > bool "Amateur Radio support" | > help | > If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y | > @@ -109,5 +108,3 @@ source "drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig" | > | > endmenu | > | > -endmenu | > - | > diff -Naurp ./net/Kconfig~net_config ./net/Kconfig | > --- ./net/Kconfig~net_config 2004-03-10 18:55:21.000000000 -0800 | > +++ ./net/Kconfig 2004-03-12 15:24:30.000000000 -0800 | > @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ | > # Network configuration | > # | > | > -menu "Networking support" | > +###menu "Networking support" | > | > -config NET | > +menuconfig NET | > bool "Networking support" | > ---help--- | > Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here. | > @@ -650,8 +650,6 @@ endmenu | > | > endmenu | > | > -source "drivers/net/Kconfig" | > - | > source "net/ax25/Kconfig" | > | > source "net/irda/Kconfig" | > diff -Naurp ./init/Kconfig~net_config ./init/Kconfig | > - -- ~Randy - 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/