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From: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why is CONFIG_VT forced on?
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:45:51 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <018540ef-0327-78dc-ea5c-a43318f1f640@landley.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e55624fa-7112-1733-8ddd-032b134da737@infradead.org>

On 12/30/19 6:59 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> #
> # Character devices
> #
> CONFIG_TTY=y
> # CONFIG_VT is not set
> 
> But first you must set/enable EXPERT.  See the bool prompt.

Wait, the if doesn't _disable_ the symbol? It disables _editability_ of the
symbol, but the symbol can still be on (and displayed) when the if is false?
(Why would...)

Ok. Thanks for pointing that out. Any idea why the menuconfig help text has no
mention of this?

Rob

  reply	other threads:[~2019-12-31  1:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-31  0:30 Why is CONFIG_VT forced on? Rob Landley
2019-12-31  0:36 ` Randy Dunlap
2019-12-31  0:53   ` Rob Landley
2019-12-31  0:59     ` Randy Dunlap
2019-12-31  1:45       ` Rob Landley [this message]
2019-12-31  2:00         ` Randy Dunlap
2019-12-31  2:04         ` Rob Landley
2019-12-31  2:03           ` Randy Dunlap
2019-12-31  2:33             ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-12-31  2:40           ` Al Viro
2019-12-31  2:52             ` Al Viro
2019-12-31  3:27               ` Rob Landley
2019-12-31  3:53                 ` Al Viro
2019-12-31  4:18                   ` Al Viro
2019-12-31  5:58                     ` Al Viro
2020-01-01 20:41                       ` [PATCH] menuconfig: restore prompt dependencies in help text Arvind Sankar
2020-01-01 21:04                         ` Al Viro
2020-01-01 22:26                           ` Arvind Sankar
2020-01-02 16:14                             ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-02 23:14                               ` [PATCH] kconfig: " Arvind Sankar
2020-01-03  2:10                                 ` Masahiro Yamada
2020-01-03  4:20                                   ` Arvind Sankar
2019-12-31  1:55 ` Why is CONFIG_VT forced on? Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-01-04 20:27   ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-12-31  2:28 ` Al Viro

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