Re: a really annoying feature of the config menu structure

From: Tomas Szepe (szepe@pinerecords.com)
Date: Wed Feb 19 2003 - 04:49:39 EST


> [rpjday@mindspring.com]
>
> > > It seems that the mjpeg stuff will be in the wrong place when it starts
> > > being used by non-DVB modules. I see the two (DVB and mjpeg) as
> > > distinct entities - like ethernet drivers and ipv4. (DVB drivers should
> > > let you change channels and whatnot, mjpeg drivers should allow you to
> > > decode data streams from any available source.)
> >
> > Its more by API than by hardware. One driver sometimes covers cards with
> > and without tuners, with and without mpeg hardware and so on. Classification
> > is nice, but like biology its never neat
>
> true enough -- there's no perfect solution, but i'm convinced that
> it can certainly be much more intuitive and organized that it is now.

Please wait until Roman Zippel pushes the "menuconfig" grammar extension.

-- 
Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
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