Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758398AbXIMI4s (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:56:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753592AbXIMI4j (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:56:39 -0400 Received: from embla.aitel.hist.no ([158.38.50.22]:49426 "EHLO embla.aitel.hist.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753471AbXIMI4i (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:56:38 -0400 Message-ID: <46E8F9D4.10307@aitel.hist.no> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:50:28 +0200 From: Helge Hafting User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070329) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Randy Dunlap CC: Folkert van Heusden , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig References: <20070907124800.GP16806@vanheusden.com> <20070907083522.3191a4ba.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20070907083522.3191a4ba.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1425 Lines: 42 Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:48:00 +0200 Folkert van Heusden wrote: > > >> Hi, >> >> 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. > > > 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. > A popup hardly ever makes sense - popups generally are a bad user interface. The user will have to dismiss the popup - every time - whether he needs the warning or not. But feel free to print a warning somewhere, such as a status line. The warning itself is useful, but not something we will have to dismiss in order to go on with the job. Helge Hafting - 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/