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

[Alan McKinnon]

On 27/02/2014 19:24, Dan Johansson wrote:
>> This clearly states that the prompt you're looking for is a line that
>> > says "open by fhandle syscalls" under "General setup"
>> >
>> > Sure, it's not the absolute simplest interface (i.e. it doesn't give a
>> > 'enable this' in the search results) but it does give all the
>> > necessary information about a given option to find it (as well as
>> > dependencies and their current states, etc). The most likely reason
>> > the news item doesn't list the specific "prompt" text (or even the
>> > category) is that, across even sub release versions of the kernel
>> > those are prone to change (and, at times, drastically) while the
>> > actual CONFIG_<name> option tends to be fairly static through time
>> > once it exists (even when superseded by new toys, i.e. older
>> > IDE/ATA/ATAPI options vs newer PATA options).
> But if you press "1" in the example above you will "jump" directly to
> the menu item. Clue --> (1)


OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I've been rolling kernels happily by hand for 10 years+

Almost all that time I've had a question: "How can I easily just go
straight to the option when I have it on the help screen?"

Now I have a new burning question. Where is the closest geek-card
recycling facility? because I obviously don't deserve the one in my
wallet anymore

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