From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 780A7138F88 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C46E0E0B14; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:29:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.3]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C00F0E09FB for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:29:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WJBKs-0000nv-NR for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:29:54 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Peeve - finding kernel config options Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:29:53 +0000 Message-ID: <2269399.r6dKckthVT@wstn> Organization: at home User-Agent: KMail/4.11.5 (Linux/3.10.25-gentoo; KDE/4.11.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <530F944E.4030501@gmail.com> References: <530E4774.4070907@libertytrek.org> <530F74E2.7050401@dmj.nu> <530F944E.4030501@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01b-IP: [82.69.80.10] X-Archives-Salt: 1811cd05-9cca-463c-a469-89a953e600d8 X-Archives-Hash: 2b0864bc32bcc46fd57e2fe96420c8f8 On Thursday 27 Feb 2014 21:38:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 27/02/2014 19:24, Dan Johansson wrote: > >> This clearly states that the prompt you're looking for is a line that > >> > >> > says "open by fhandle syscalls" under "General setup" > >> > > >> > Sure, it's not the absolute simplest interface (i.e. it doesn't give a > >> > 'enable this' in the search results) but it does give all the > >> > necessary information about a given option to find it (as well as > >> > dependencies and their current states, etc). The most likely reason > >> > the news item doesn't list the specific "prompt" text (or even the > >> > category) is that, across even sub release versions of the kernel > >> > those are prone to change (and, at times, drastically) while the > >> > actual CONFIG_ option tends to be fairly static through time > >> > once it exists (even when superseded by new toys, i.e. older > >> > IDE/ATA/ATAPI options vs newer PATA options). > > > > But if you press "1" in the example above you will "jump" directly to > > the menu item. Clue --> (1) > > OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! > > I've been rolling kernels happily by hand for 10 years+ > > Almost all that time I've had a question: "How can I easily just go > straight to the option when I have it on the help screen?" > > Now I have a new burning question. Where is the closest geek-card > recycling facility? because I obviously don't deserve the one in my > wallet anymore Oh, well if you didn't know it, I don't mind admitting it either. And it's only friends and family who think I have a geek card, so I shan't be joining you in the recycler queue. -- Regards Peter