Re: [PATCH] reorganize USB submenu's

From: Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 12:51:02 EST


On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:11:44AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The USB configuration menu's in 2.6 are a mismash of sub-menu's and comments.
> This patch tries to rationalize it so it comes out looking more like the current
> filesystems menus.
>
> I think it is easier to navigate, there should be no functional change from this.
> Though some elements may appear/disappear differently based on earlier choices.
>
> diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/usb/Kconfig Thu Jul 31 10:07:11 2003
> +++ b/drivers/usb/Kconfig Thu Jul 31 10:07:11 2003
> @@ -44,18 +44,15 @@
>
> source "drivers/usb/class/Kconfig"
>
> -source "drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig"
> -
> source "drivers/usb/input/Kconfig"
>
> +source "drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig"
> +
> source "drivers/usb/image/Kconfig"
>
> source "drivers/usb/media/Kconfig"
>
> source "drivers/usb/net/Kconfig"
> -
> -comment "USB port drivers"
> - depends on USB
>
> config USB_USS720
> tristate "USS720 parport driver"
> diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/class/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/class/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/usb/class/Kconfig Thu Jul 31 10:07:11 2003
> +++ b/drivers/usb/class/Kconfig Thu Jul 31 10:07:11 2003
> @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
> #
> # USB Class driver configuration
> #
> -comment "USB Device Class drivers"
> - depends on USB
> -

Why remove these seperators? They seem to be useful, as they were added
to help remove the clutter we have.

> -menuconfig USB_GADGET
> +menu "USB Gadgets"
> + depends on USB!=n
> +
> +config USB_GADGET
> tristate "Support for USB Gadgets"
> - depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> + depends on USB && EXPERIMENTAL

Nope, USB_GADGET does not depend on USB at all.

> -menu "USB HID Boot Protocol drivers"
> - depends on USB!=n && USB_HID!=y
>
> config USB_KBD
> tristate "USB HIDBP Keyboard (simple Boot) support"
> - depends on USB && INPUT
> + depends on USB && INPUT && USB_HIDINPUT=n

Nope, I can build USB_KBD and USB_HIDINPUT as modules at the same time.
This breaks that ability.

> config USB_MOUSE
> tristate "USB HIDBP Mouse (simple Boot) support"
> - depends on USB && INPUT
> + depends on USB && INPUT && USB_HIDINPUT=n

Same thing here.

> -comment "USB Multimedia devices"
> - depends on USB
> +menu "USB Multimedia devices"

I don't really see a nest of menu options as a better option from the
separators we have today. But that's just my opinion :)

> -comment "USB Miscellaneous drivers"
> - depends on USB
> +menu "USB Miscellaneous drivers"
> + depends on USB!=n

Why "USB!=n" What's wrong with just "depends on USB"?

thanks,

greg k-h
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