Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Peeve - finding kernel config options

[Alan McKinnon]

On 27/02/2014 20:32, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2014-02-27, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-02-27, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>>> make menuconfig
>>> press "/"
>>> type CONFIG_FHANDLE
>>> press enter
>>> profit!!!
>>>
>>> [Note the lack of ??? in the list]
>>>
>>> works like searching in vi or less
>>
>> The issue I occasionally have with that is that it only tells you the
>> name of the CONFIG_ variable.  It doesn't tell you what the menu entry
>> is.
>
> Doh! I was wrong.  It _does_ show it.  It just doesn't show it where
> I've been looking for it to be for the past 20 years:
>
>    Symbol: E1000 [=n]
>       Type  : tristate
>>>>   Prompt: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support
>         Location:
>           -> Device Drivers
>             -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
>               -> Ethernet driver support (ETHERNET [=y])
>       (2)       -> Intel devices (NET_VENDOR_INTEL [=y])
>         Defined at drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig:47
>         Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && ETHERNET [=y] && NET_VENDOR_INTEL [=y] && PCI [=y]
>
> The bottom level menu entry is shown at the _top_ rather than where I
> always expected the bottom level to be shown (at the bottom):
>
>    Symbol: E1000 [=n]
>       Type  : tristate
>         Location:
>           -> Device Drivers
>             -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
>               -> Ethernet driver support (ETHERNET [=y])
>       (2)       -> Intel devices (NET_VENDOR_INTEL [=y])
>>>>               -> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support
>         Defined at drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig:47
>         Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && ETHERNET [=y] && NET_VENDOR_INTEL [=y] && PCI [=y]
>
> How embarassing...

Don't worry too much about it, you're in excellent company. Another 6
old timers had the same <doh> moment higher up in the thread :-)

looks like we're all having a "mea culpa" day here in gentoo-land!


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com