Re: [gentoo-user] Peeve - finding kernel config options

[Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>]

On 2/27/2014 2:59 PM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 27/02/14 21:49, Samuli Suominen wrote:
>> On 27/02/14 19:24, Dan Johansson wrote:
>>> On 26.02.2014 22:24, Poison BL. wrote:
>>>> When I search FHANDLE in menuconfig I get:
>>>>
>>>>    │ Symbol: FHANDLE [=y]
>>>>    │ Type  : boolean
>>>>    │ Prompt: open by fhandle syscalls
>>>>    │   Location:
>>>>    │ (1) -> General setup
>>>>    │   Defined at init/Kconfig:235
>>>>    │   Selects: EXPORTFS [=y]
>>>>    │   Selected by: GENTOO_LINUX_INIT_SYSTEMD [=y] && GENTOO_LINUX [=y]
>>>> && GENTOO_LINUX_UDEV [=y]

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>>> But if you press "1" in the example above you will "jump" directly to
>>> the menu item. Clue --> (1)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>> Seriously, I've known / for years and have had no issues finding anything
>> myself, but this small information is still news to me.
>> Nice one.

> Someone just pointed out to me at IRC this was introduced only at Linux
> > = 3.8'ish (he wasn't entirely sure)
> So, it's relatively new, I suppose that'd explain it

ahh... ok, well, I don't feel quite so clueless then... ;)