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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > > 2. does it handle the 'I want this feature, turn on everything I need for
> > > it'?
> >
> > This is fundamentally impossible for anything beyond the most simple
> > features. Although you can do a lot with config.in info, "everything I
> > need" is something a human needs to define in many cases.
> 
> You can do that with CML1 or his code. The problem is that you need to
> go back through checking with the user because

I think I am stumbling over semantics... I know you can turn on needed
stuff when you say "I want CONFIG_USB_HID",
but "I want this feature, turn on everything I need" sounded to me more
like autoconfigurator-type stuff, which is guessing at best.

	Jeff



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