Re: [patch/RFC] networking menus

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:17:17 -0800 Nivedita Singhvi <niv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| Randy.Dunlap wrote:
| 
| > This is just a first pass/RFC.  It moves "Networking support" out of
| > the "Device Drivers" menu, which seems helpful to me.  However,
| > ISTM that it should really just be the "Networking options" here
| > and not include Amateur Radio, IrDA, and Bluetooth support.
| > I.e., I think that those latter 3 should fall under Device Drivers.
| > Does that make sense to anyone else?
| 
| Just a comment that those 3 subsystems are not just
| device drivers, they have non-trivial amount of code
| in the protocol stack under ../net/. So would moving
| them to device drivers be misleading in any way?
| 
| I can see pulling out Networking support from under
| device drivers, though.

Agreed, I looked again and those 3 should stay under
"Networking support."  I'm still looking for other items
to move to make it all easier to navigate.

| > Does this need to be discussed on netdev (also)?
| 
| Yes. :)

OK.  Thanks for cc-ing it.

| thanks,
| Nivedita
| 
| > 
| > // Linux 2.6.4
| > // Rearrange networking menus so that Networking support/options
| > // isn't buried inside Device Drivers.
|  >
| > diffstat:=
| >  drivers/Kconfig       |    4 +++-
| >  init/Kconfig          |    0
| >  net/Kconfig           |    6 ++----
| >  net/ax25/Kconfig      |    7 ++-----
| >  net/bluetooth/Kconfig |    4 +---
| >  net/irda/Kconfig      |    6 ++----
| >  6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
| > 
| > 
| > diff -Naurp ./drivers/Kconfig~net_config ./drivers/Kconfig
| > --- ./drivers/Kconfig~net_config	2004-03-10 18:55:44.000000000 -0800
| > +++ ./drivers/Kconfig	2004-03-12 15:20:39.000000000 -0800
| > @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
| >  # drivers/Kconfig
| >  
| > +source "net/Kconfig"
| > +
| >  menu "Device Drivers"
| >  
| >  source "drivers/base/Kconfig"
| > @@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ source "drivers/message/i2o/Kconfig"
| >  
| >  source "drivers/macintosh/Kconfig"
| >  
| > -source "net/Kconfig"
| > +source "drivers/net/Kconfig"
| >  
| >  source "drivers/isdn/Kconfig"
| >  
| > diff -Naurp ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig~net_config ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig
| > --- ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig~net_config	2004-03-10 18:55:43.000000000 -0800
| > +++ ./net/bluetooth/Kconfig	2004-03-12 15:41:42.000000000 -0800
| > @@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
| >  # Bluetooth subsystem configuration
| >  #
| >  
| > -menu "Bluetooth support"
| > +menuconfig BT
| >  	depends on NET
| > -
| > -config BT
| >  	tristate "Bluetooth subsystem support"
| >  	help
| >  	  Bluetooth is low-cost, low-power, short-range wireless technology.
| > diff -Naurp ./net/irda/Kconfig~net_config ./net/irda/Kconfig
| > --- ./net/irda/Kconfig~net_config	2004-03-10 18:55:27.000000000 -0800
| > +++ ./net/irda/Kconfig	2004-03-12 15:39:39.000000000 -0800
| > @@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
| >  # IrDA protocol configuration
| >  #
| >  
| > -menu "IrDA (infrared) support"
| > +menuconfig IRDA
| >  	depends on NET
| > -
| > -config IRDA
| > -	tristate "IrDA subsystem support"
| > +	tristate "IrDA (infrared) subsystem support"
| >  	---help---
| >  	  Say Y here if you want to build support for the IrDA (TM) protocols.
| >  	  The Infrared Data Associations (tm) specifies standards for wireless
| > diff -Naurp ./net/ax25/Kconfig~net_config ./net/ax25/Kconfig
| > --- ./net/ax25/Kconfig~net_config	2004-03-10 18:55:44.000000000 -0800
| > +++ ./net/ax25/Kconfig	2004-03-12 15:40:01.000000000 -0800
| > @@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
| >  #		Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@xxxxxxxx>
| >  # 19980129	Moved to net/ax25/Config.in, sourcing device drivers.
| >  
| > -menu "Amateur Radio support"
| > -
| > -config HAMRADIO
| > +menuconfig HAMRADIO
| > +	depends on NET
| >  	bool "Amateur Radio support"
| >  	help
| >  	  If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y
| > @@ -109,5 +108,3 @@ source "drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig"
| >  
| >  endmenu
| >  
| > -endmenu
| > -
| > diff -Naurp ./net/Kconfig~net_config ./net/Kconfig
| > --- ./net/Kconfig~net_config	2004-03-10 18:55:21.000000000 -0800
| > +++ ./net/Kconfig	2004-03-12 15:24:30.000000000 -0800
| > @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
| >  # Network configuration
| >  #
| >  
| > -menu "Networking support"
| > +###menu "Networking support"
| >  
| > -config NET
| > +menuconfig NET
| >  	bool "Networking support"
| >  	---help---
| >  	  Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here.
| > @@ -650,8 +650,6 @@ endmenu
| >  
| >  endmenu
| >  
| > -source "drivers/net/Kconfig"
| > -
| >  source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
| >  
| >  source "net/irda/Kconfig"
| > diff -Naurp ./init/Kconfig~net_config ./init/Kconfig
| > -


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~Randy
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