On Monday 23 Nov 2015 23:08:18 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:31:26 +0100, lee wrote: > > And qdisc is extremely well hidden, I'd never have found that. It > > doesn't show up unless other options are enabled: You have to know > > exactly what you want to enable before even knowing that it's there. > > > > How are we supposed to be able to configure a kernel when we can't even > > see the available options anymore? > > By using the search tool. without it, all the options would show up all > the time, even those you don't want and can't enable. Hiding all > irrelevant options makes kernel configuration almost sane to manage.
It is also worth mentioning xconfig and gconfig for a GUI-fied front end, which also offer search options. -- Regards, Mick
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