Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758970AbXFVXMX (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:12:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751459AbXFVXMQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:12:16 -0400 Received: from scrub.xs4all.nl ([194.109.195.176]:4852 "EHLO scrub.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751385AbXFVXMP (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:12:15 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:12:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Roman Zippel X-X-Sender: roman@scrub.home To: Satyam Sharma cc: Trent Piepho , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , toralf.foerster@gmx.de, Oliver Neukum , LKML , Jan Engelhardt , Luca Risolia Subject: Re: Kconfig troubles when using menuconfig - Was: [patch]Re: [linux-usb-devel] linux-2.6.22-rc5-gf1518a0 build #300 failed in zc0301_core.c In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200706211117.55908.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <200706211231.53898.luca.risolia@studio.unibo.it> <200706211326.45031.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <200706211350.14526.oneukum@suse.de> <1182518566.14289.20.camel@gaivota> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1217 Lines: 29 Hi, On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote: > 1. Kconfig symbols will always have code associated with them. > That's the entire purpose of Kconfig, is it not? A possible counter example: CONFIG_SCSI. (RAID_ATTRS is currently a little misplaced). It's optional for any config symbol to have any code attached to it, menuconfig doesn't change anything. > 2. "menuconfig" symbols, otoh, were _invented_ for another reason > entirely: presentation and user interface i.e. so that users are able > to disable entire menus (and all the options contained therein) > without having to enter into the menu first, and without having to > disable all options individually (which was the situation that existed > before the introduction of these menuconfig objects). Since I'm the one who _invented_ it, I can tell you you're wrong. :) This functionality isn't limited to menuconfig symbols. The menu option simply changes how the child symbols can be displayed. bye, Roman - 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/