This patch is the majority of a patch by Jesper Juhl. This patch renames all instances of "---help---" to simply "help" in all of the Kconfig files. The main reason for this patch (quoting Jesper) is: Consistency. out of ~4000 help entries in 134 Kconfig files, 747 of those entries use "---help---" as the keyword, the rest use just "help". So the users of "---help---" are clearly a minority and by renaming them we make things consistent. - I hate inconsistency. :-) Different ways for expressing the same thing is good for writers but bad for readers. E.g. where to place opening braces in C is a religious issue. For the Linux kernel, CodingStyle sets the rules. And although I'd prefer to set them different, I have to admit that the consistency indide the kernel makes reading easier. My change to the patch was to drop all parts that don't apply to both 2.6.12-rc5 and 2.6.12-rc5-mm1 (for making inclusion in Linus' tree easier). My plan for this issue is: - get this patch accepted - rename all remaining "---help---" in both -mm and Linus' tree - remove the "---help---" from the Kconfig language --- This patch is attached gzip'ed because it's > 200 kB. arch/alpha/Kconfig | 12 +- arch/arm/Kconfig | 10 +- arch/arm/mach-clps711x/Kconfig | 2 arch/arm26/Kconfig | 2 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/Kconfig | 4 arch/h8300/Kconfig | 6 - arch/i386/Kconfig | 26 +++--- arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig | 2 arch/ia64/Kconfig | 2 arch/m32r/Kconfig | 4 arch/m68k/Kconfig | 18 ++-- arch/m68knommu/Kconfig | 8 - arch/mips/Kconfig | 12 +- arch/parisc/Kconfig | 4 arch/ppc/Kconfig | 26 +++--- arch/ppc64/Kconfig | 6 - arch/s390/Kconfig | 4 arch/sh/Kconfig | 8 - arch/sh/cchips/Kconfig | 4 arch/sparc/Kconfig | 14 +-- arch/sparc64/Kconfig | 18 ++-- arch/um/Kconfig | 2 arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 6 - drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 12 +- drivers/atm/Kconfig | 16 +-- drivers/base/Kconfig | 2 drivers/block/Kconfig | 22 ++--- drivers/block/paride/Kconfig | 8 - drivers/cdrom/Kconfig | 20 ++-- drivers/char/Kconfig | 50 ++++++------ drivers/char/agp/Kconfig | 6 - drivers/char/ftape/Kconfig | 18 ++-- drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 6 - drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig | 32 +++---- drivers/eisa/Kconfig | 8 - drivers/fc4/Kconfig | 4 drivers/i2c/Kconfig | 2 drivers/ide/Kconfig | 36 ++++---- drivers/infiniband/Kconfig | 2 drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/Kconfig | 4 drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/Kconfig | 6 - drivers/input/Kconfig | 12 +- drivers/input/gameport/Kconfig | 2 drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig | 6 - drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig | 4 drivers/input/serio/Kconfig | 12 +- drivers/isdn/Kconfig | 4 drivers/isdn/hisax/Kconfig | 2 drivers/macintosh/Kconfig | 2 drivers/md/Kconfig | 28 +++--- drivers/media/Kconfig | 2 drivers/media/dvb/Kconfig | 2 drivers/media/radio/Kconfig | 30 +++---- drivers/media/video/Kconfig | 20 ++-- drivers/message/i2o/Kconfig | 2 drivers/misc/Kconfig | 2 drivers/mtd/Kconfig | 16 +-- drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig | 2 drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig | 10 +- drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig | 2 drivers/net/Kconfig | 110 +++++++++++++-------------- drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig | 2 drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig | 8 - drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig | 12 +- drivers/net/irda/Kconfig | 8 - drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig | 4 drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig | 12 +- drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig | 14 +-- drivers/net/wan/Kconfig | 24 ++--- drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 28 +++--- drivers/parport/Kconfig | 2 drivers/pci/Kconfig | 4 drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig | 2 drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig | 8 - drivers/pnp/Kconfig | 2 drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/Kconfig | 2 drivers/pnp/pnpbios/Kconfig | 4 drivers/s390/Kconfig | 2 drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 42 +++++----- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/Kconfig | 10 +- drivers/serial/Kconfig | 16 +-- drivers/telephony/Kconfig | 4 drivers/usb/Kconfig | 4 drivers/usb/class/Kconfig | 6 - drivers/usb/core/Kconfig | 2 drivers/usb/host/Kconfig | 14 +-- drivers/usb/image/Kconfig | 2 drivers/usb/input/Kconfig | 16 +-- drivers/usb/media/Kconfig | 22 ++--- drivers/usb/misc/Kconfig | 4 drivers/usb/net/Kconfig | 10 +- drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig | 20 ++-- drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig | 4 drivers/video/Kconfig | 50 ++++++------ drivers/video/console/Kconfig | 4 drivers/video/geode/Kconfig | 4 drivers/zorro/Kconfig | 2 fs/Kconfig | 4 fs/ncpfs/Kconfig | 2 fs/nls/Kconfig | 10 +- fs/partitions/Kconfig | 6 - init/Kconfig | 12 +- kernel/power/Kconfig | 6 - net/Kconfig | 8 - net/ax25/Kconfig | 6 - net/decnet/Kconfig | 2 net/ipv4/Kconfig | 24 ++--- net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig | 36 ++++---- net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig | 12 +- net/ipv6/Kconfig | 12 +- net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig | 2 net/ipx/Kconfig | 2 net/irda/Kconfig | 4 net/sched/Kconfig | 48 +++++------ net/sctp/Kconfig | 2 net/xfrm/Kconfig | 2 sound/oss/Kconfig | 16 +-- 117 files changed, 657 insertions(+), 657 deletions(-)
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