Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:16:15 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
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Subject: Re: prevent swsusp with PAE
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:05:46 -0700
"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:

> > > I think what this really points at is a weakness in the menuconfig/xconfig/etc
> > > user interfaces.  It should be possible to navigate to the presently-disabled
> > > config option and ask it "why can't I turn you on?".
> > 
> > Yes, but I'll still have users asking me "why I can't turn it on" ;-).
> 
> menuconfig and xconfig both have Help and Search that can aid
> with that, but I would still use the "comment" keyword also.

Help and Search options aren't much use if you cannot see the option and if
you do not know that it exists.

A better UI design would be to show the unselectable option in some
dimmed-out fashion and then provide an interface which permits the user to

a) query the item to find out why it's not selectable and

b) turn on the depends-on option(s) at the present site, thus making the
   present item selectable (ie: not dimmed any more).

I dont't think any of that would require any Kconfig changes - it's purely
a UI thing?
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