menuconfig currently represents options implied by another option ('select' directive in Kconfig) by prefixing them with '---'. Unfortunately the same notation is used for comments. If the implied option is module capable, user can still switch between Y and M, all without any feedback until she visits option's help. (try saying M to MAC80211 and then toggling CFG80211) This patch changes notation of selected-by-another items by introducing 2 new representations for implied options: {*} or {M} for options selected by another modularized one, thus builtin or module capable, -*- or -M- for options that cannot be at the moment changed by user. The idea is to represent actual capability of the option by braces (dashes) around and to always report actual state by * or M inside.
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| @@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ static const char mconf_readme[] = N_( · 34 unmodified lines | ||
| 35 | 35 | "kernel parameters which are not really features, but must be\n" |
| 36 | 36 | "entered in as decimal or hexadecimal numbers or possibly text.\n" |
| 37 | 37 | "\n" |
| 38 | −"Menu items beginning with [*], <M> or [ ] represent features\n" | |
| 39 | −"configured to be built in, modularized or removed respectively.\n" | |
| 40 | −"Pointed brackets <> represent module capable features.\n" | |
| 38 | +"Menu items beginning with following braces represent features that\n" | |
| 39 | +" [ ] can be built in or removed\n" | |
| 40 | +" < > can be built in, modularized or removed\n" | |
| 41 | +" { } can be built in or modularized (selected by other feature)\n" | |
| 42 | +" - - are selected by other feature,\n" | |
| 43 | +"while *, M or whitespace inside braces means to build in, build as\n" | |
| 44 | +"a module or to exclude the feature respectively.\n" | |
| 41 | 45 | "\n" |
| 42 | 46 | "To change any of these features, highlight it with the cursor\n" |
| 43 | 47 | "keys and press <Y> to build it in, <M> to make it a module or\n" |
| @@ -569,7 +573,7 @@ static void build_conf(struct menu *menu) · 525 unmodified lines | ||
| 569 | 573 | if (sym_is_changable(sym)) |
| 570 | 574 | item_make("[%c]", val == no ? ' ' : '*'); |
| 571 | 575 | else |
| 572 | − item_make("---"); | |
| 576 | + item_make("-%c-", val == no ? ' ' : '*'); | |
| 573 | 577 | item_set_tag('t'); |
| 574 | 578 | item_set_data(menu); |
| 575 | 579 | break; |
| @@ -579,10 +583,13 @@ static void build_conf(struct menu *menu) · 3 unmodified lines | ||
| 579 | 583 | case mod: ch = 'M'; break; |
| 580 | 584 | default: ch = ' '; break; |
| 581 | 585 | } |
| 582 | − if (sym_is_changable(sym)) | |
| 583 | − item_make("<%c>", ch); | |
| 584 | − else | |
| 585 | − item_make("---"); | |
| 586 | + if (sym_is_changable(sym)) { | |
| 587 | + if (sym->rev_dep.tri == mod) | |
| 588 | + item_make("{%c}", ch); | |
| 589 | + else | |
| 590 | + item_make("<%c>", ch); | |
| 591 | + } else | |
| 592 | + item_make("-%c-", ch); | |
| 586 | 593 | item_set_tag('t'); |
| 587 | 594 | item_set_data(menu); |
| 588 | 595 | break; |