Bug 56065

Summary:	Suggestion for Configuring the Kernel
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Component:	Handbook	Assignee:	Xavier Neys (RETIRED) <neysx>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	docs-team, tor.klingberg
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-04 08:32:39 UTC

Sent to www@gentoo.org by Som (som(a)somware-hr)

"""
URL:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7

Code Listing 8:
Selecting necessary file systems
Options:
[*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)
[ ] /dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs"


There are something different text in real life which can confuse beginners.



"Network device support --->
  <*> PPP (point-to-point protocol) support
  <*>   PPP support for async serial ports
  <*>   PPP support for sync tty ports"

It is not very clear where these settings are located and beginner can
finish wondering arround.
"""

Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-07 10:47:05 UTC

*** Bug 54763 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-07 10:47:53 UTC

I'll improve that to save potential confusion.

Comment 3 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-09 03:30:03 UTC

Fixed.

Hopefully, code listings that match output of make menuconfig for both 2.4 and 2.6 should make options easier to find. That allowed me to remove some <note> elements as well.

Thanks for reporting.