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On Thursday 27 Feb 2014 21:38:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 27/02/2014 19:24, Dan Johansson wrote: |
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> >> This clearly states that the prompt you're looking for is a line that |
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> >> |
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> >> > says "open by fhandle syscalls" under "General setup" |
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> >> > |
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> >> > Sure, it's not the absolute simplest interface (i.e. it doesn't give a |
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> >> > 'enable this' in the search results) but it does give all the |
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> >> > necessary information about a given option to find it (as well as |
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> >> > dependencies and their current states, etc). The most likely reason |
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> >> > the news item doesn't list the specific "prompt" text (or even the |
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> >> > category) is that, across even sub release versions of the kernel |
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> >> > those are prone to change (and, at times, drastically) while the |
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> >> > actual CONFIG_<name> option tends to be fairly static through time |
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> >> > once it exists (even when superseded by new toys, i.e. older |
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> >> > IDE/ATA/ATAPI options vs newer PATA options). |
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> > But if you press "1" in the example above you will "jump" directly to |
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> > the menu item. Clue --> (1) |
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> OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! |
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> I've been rolling kernels happily by hand for 10 years+ |
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> Almost all that time I've had a question: "How can I easily just go |
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> straight to the option when I have it on the help screen?" |
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> Now I have a new burning question. Where is the closest geek-card |
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> recycling facility? because I obviously don't deserve the one in my |
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> wallet anymore |
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Oh, well if you didn't know it, I don't mind admitting it either. |
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And it's only friends and family who think I have a geek card, so I shan't be |
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joining you in the recycler queue. |
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Regards |
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Peter |