Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965633AbXIGQAA (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965527AbXIGP7n (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:59:43 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.35]:3240 "EHLO smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965497AbXIGP7l (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:59:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 17:59:04 +0200 From: Folkert van Heusden To: Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig Message-ID: <20070907155903.GR16806@vanheusden.com> References: <20070907124800.GP16806@vanheusden.com> <20070907083522.3191a4ba.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070907083522.3191a4ba.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Organization: www.unixexpert.nl X-Chameleon-Return-To: folkert@vanheusden.com X-Xfmail-Return-To: folkert@vanheusden.com X-Phonenumber: +31-6-41278122 X-URL: http://www.vanheusden.com/ X-PGP-KeyID: 1F28D8AE X-GPG-fingerprint: AC89 09CE 41F2 00B4 FCF2 B174 3019 0E8C 1F28 D8AE X-Key: http://pgp.surfnet.nl:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x1F28D8AE Reply-By: Fri Sep 7 11:31:04 CEST 2007 X-Message-Flag: www.unixexpert.nl User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1438 Lines: 36 > > Maybe it is a nice enhancement for make menuconfig to more explicitly > > give a pop-up or so when someone selects for example a sata controller > > while no 'scsi-disk' support was selected? > > I know that it's difficult to get people to read docs & help text, > and maybe it is needed in more places, but CONFIG_ATA (SATA/PATA) > help text says: > NOTE: ATA enables basic SCSI support; *however*, > 'SCSI disk support', 'SCSI tape support', or > 'SCSI CDROM support' may also be needed, > depending on your hardware configuration. Yes but that would mean that you have to open the help for each item that you add. > A popup makes some sense, but I don't know if menuconfig knows how to > do popup warnings... and it needs to be done for all *configs, > not just menuconfig. Maybe add a new type? Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail na wan makriki wrokosani fu tan luku den logfile nanga san den commando spiti puru. Piki puru spesrutu sani, wroko nanga difreti kroru, tja kon makandra, nanga wan lo moro. http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com - 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/