Re: [patch] MTD: fix DOC2000/2001/2001PLUS build error

From: Mark Rustad
Date: Tue Feb 06 2007 - 11:21:29 EST


On Feb 6, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:

Mark Rustad wrote:
On Feb 5, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
<snip>
And I told you that you could just improve the tools that track those
dependencies ANYWAY!
They aren't that bad even now. Using menuconfig (I'm a fossil that just uses curses for most things), hitting ? shows what depends or selects any particular entry. That is good enough for me now. Maybe I am just willing to ask for help, but the help already seems to be there.
I think the problem Linus referenced with not even seeing an option is an issue, you can't "?" on an option you can't see. An I use menuconfig also, from long habit (accessing a remote compile server with slow dialup).

Yes, of course. My point was that if you are "the embedded guy" (like I often am) trying to turn something off, the tools show you what to look at already. They are currently no help if the option does not appear, as you say. So automatically selecting things that are required for something is much better than hiding too much. At least it is easy to find out why something is selected if you really want to turn it off.

If more things worked as Linus suggests, I don't think the tools need much in the way of improvement. It really is more about how they are used as they are. That is not to say that tools improvements are not always welcome, but the current tools seem to work pretty well.

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Mark Rustad, MRustad@xxxxxxxxx


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