Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig

[david]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Paul Rolland wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:15:22 +0200
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 04:54:07PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > > Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 05:11:44PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > > > Let's step back a moment and consider the actual scale and impact of
> > > > > the problem at hand.
> > Do "make menuconfig" with the .config you are normally using, count the
> > number of options that are visible, and ask yourself whether we can
> > really expect users to read the help texts for every single option shown.
> >
> > People mostly read help texts for options where they don't understand
> > what this option is about - and "Serial ATA" therefore is an option that
> > is likely to get enabled without the user looking at the help text.
>
> As a "make menuconfig" user, let me say that I agree. Of course, I'm used
> to rebuild kernel, but sometimes, some options are not clear, and the help
> text is searched for. But, getting too much of "No help text available"
> usually results in people no more reading the help text.
>
> What about splitting the screen to have the top half with the menu, and the
> bottom half with the help ?

I useually have more screen space available to the side then above and 
below the list of options.

David Lang
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