[U-Boot] Kconfig menu layout

[Kumar Gala]

On Apr 21, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Dear Kumar,
>
> In message <AEA791B2-2BC0-49F7-9152- 
> ACF6CA5671DC at kernel.crashing.org> you wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not an expert for the capabilities of Kconfig, but one looong  
>>> list
>>> with hundrets of entries clearly makes no sense. We obviously need  
>>> sum
>>> grouping / structuring.
>>>
>>> IMHO there should be several options:
>>>
>>> - for those who look for a board name, we should support this,
>>> probably wih an initial selection by the first letter (case
>>> insensitive) of the board name.
>>>
>>> like this:	=> board name => M => MPC837XERDB
>>>
>>> - alternatively, it should be possible to restrict the choice by
>>> selecting first processor architecture (ARM, PowerPC, MIPS, ...),
>>> then CPU (family) name, then board names.
>>>
>>> like this:	=> Architecture => PPC => MPC83xx => MPC837XERDB
>>
>> I vote for the second one.
>
> You misunderstant what I meant. I don't think of havon one or the
> other of these options, but of offering *both* of them, so the user
> can chose one of the ways, whatever suits best for his current
> situation.

Oh, I dont know if we can do that in Kconfig w/o duplicating the  
option which I think Kconfig would get unhappy about.

- k