netdev
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [PATCH] network configs: disconnect network options from drivers

To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] network configs: disconnect network options from drivers
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:48:48 -0700
Cc: ioe-lkml@xxxxxxxx, matthew@xxxxxx, lkml <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, hadi@xxxxxxxxxx, cfriesen@xxxxxxxxxx, tgraf@xxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20050404195051.GA12364@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: OSDL
References: <20050330234709.1868eee5.randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxx> <20050331185226.GA8146@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <424C5745.7020501@xxxxxxxx> <20050331203010.GA8034@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <4250B4C5.2000200@xxxxxxxx> <20050404195051.GA12364@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206)
Hi Sam-

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 08:30:13PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

Any comments on this new version?

The new Networking menu looks unstructured.
And the net/Kconfig file contains a lot of config snippets that does not
belong there.
So I took a stamp on it with focus on:
- Move config bits to appropriate places, creating several new Kconfig
  files
Very Good.

- Made uses of menus more consistent at least on first and second level
Very Good again.

- Move submenu to the top
- Rename top menu to "Networking" and located it just before
 "File systems"

I still prefer Networking to come before Device Drivers FWIW.
Just makes some kind of hierarchical sense to me.

The patch became much larger. The win is that the top-level
net/Kconfig contains much less cruft.

Many of the 56 lines added are due to the additional files.
I did not (on purpose) change any functionality.

Only bit that I am worried about is the statement in SCTP:
        depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n

That looked like a noop to me. It had the sideeffect that SCTP
menu entries where idented an extra level which was not desireable
with currect layout.

Yeah, I was having several identation problems.

Comments appreciated.

Nice job overall.  Especially nice to move ATM, bridge, DECNET,
ECONET, etc., to their own Kconfig files so that they are more
manageable.

I propose that the new file net/atm/Kconfig be sourced somewhere.

I'll look at it more to see if I have any other comments.

Patch on top of rc2.

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---


        Sam
        
drivers/Kconfig | 5 drivers/net/Kconfig | 5 drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig | 28 ++
 net/8021q/Kconfig             |   21 +
 net/Kconfig                   |  541 +++---------------------------------------
 net/atm/Kconfig               |   77 +++++
 net/bridge/Kconfig            |   32 ++
net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig | 1 net/core/Kconfig | 67 +++++
 net/decnet/Kconfig            |   24 +
 net/econet/Kconfig            |   34 ++
net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig | 5 net/ipv6/Kconfig | 20 +
 net/ipx/Kconfig               |   33 ++
 net/lapb/Kconfig              |   24 +
 net/packet/Kconfig            |   26 ++
 net/sched/Kconfig             |   40 +++
net/sctp/Kconfig | 5 net/unix/Kconfig | 22 +
 net/wanrouter/Kconfig         |   31 ++
 net/x25/Kconfig               |   35 ++
 21 files changed, 567 insertions(+), 509 deletions(-)

Thanks!

--
~Randy

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>