[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: update the Kconfig files to be easier to use

Andrew Paprocki andrew at ishiboo.com
Sat Feb 23 16:52:02 CET 2008


Yes, I realized that and I made the new toplevel options default y so
that it would mimic the existing config. The main reason for doing
this is so that I can quickly 'n' to shut off things like "ISA
devices" with one key. I believe I got them all, but please verify.

Thanks,
-Andrew

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> At Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:06:46 -0400,
>
> Andrew Paprocki wrote:
>  >
>  > This update to the Kconfig files allows the ability to select/deselect
>  > entire submenus, starting with the root "Sound device support" on the main
>  > kernel configuration page. Inside sound support, ALSA/OSS can be easily
>  > enabled/disabled. Inside ALSA, entire classes of devices can be easily
>  > enabled/disabled at the ALSA menu (e.g. ISA, PCI, USB devices) without
>  > having to manually disable individual cards within the submenus.
>  > Modified menus: main, isa, pci, pcmcia, soc, spi, usb
>
>  A problem I found at the last time from a similar patch is that the
>  replacement with menuconfig throws away the old configuration unless
>  you have "default y".  And people are picky about "default y"...
>
>  I need to check this again, anyway.
>
>
>  thanks,
>
>  Takashi
>
>


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