Re: seems to be impossible to disable CONFIG_SERIAL [2.6.7]

[Bill Davidsen]

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Kyle Moffett wrote:

> On Sep 10, 2004, at 14:12, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> > I like that a lot!
> >   Use 8250 serial? (Y/n/m/b)
> 
> What's this mean? Yes/No/Module/Butter? :-D

Thought the original was clear, b=BLOCK to block the use of the feature. I
have no strong feelings on this, although forceno isn't intuitive, people
will forget if it mean force on or off.
> 
> Perhaps better: (r/Y/m/n/f), for required/yes/module/no/forceno
> 
> If anything contradicts required or forceno, it throws an error?

I would say so, but better yet would be to grey out anything requiring the
option. The whole idea of forcing options on behind the scenes is a
problem in human interface.

New thought: how about prompting the user with something like
  CONFIG_DANCING_PENGUINS requires CONFIG_VESAFB, enable or skip (e/s)?

or something of that flavor.

> 
> Cheers,
> Kyle Moffett

I have no doubt that other will weigh in on this.

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/