Re: Please revert "debug: Make CONFIG_EXPERT selectCONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL to unhide debug options"

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Fri Sep 30 2011 - 11:54:43 EST


On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 05:25:23PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>...
> All in one I think we chose a wrong way to fix the issue. It's annoying to
> have all the configs that are only visible with CONFIG_EXPERT spread all
> around in random config menu.
>
> Anything that has "if CONFIG_EXPERT" should probably be moved under the CONFIG_EXPERT
> menu so that it's visible and found right away.

No, it wouldn't be correct to have tons of options from different
drivers smashed at one place, instead of keeping them at the subsystem
where they belong.

cu
Adrian

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