Hi,
On Jul 16 2007 20:49, Stefan Richter wrote:
>
>It is an error to add visible Kconfig options without help text. Among
>them are the new "menuconfig" options. Jan obviously never uses "make
>oldconfig".
Untrue. Users of menuconfig/xconfig/gconfig who do not know what an
item is supposed to do would not get any helptext either.
It's just that I did not quite know what helptext to put there
besides some trivial "enable this to see more fluffy options from
this category". Feel free to add Blame-From: <srichter> :)
But see below.
>Most of these options were added after 2.6.22:
>
>BLK_DEV
>HID_SUPPORT
>INSTRUMENTATION
>MACINTOSH_DRIVERS
>MISC_DEVICES
>USB_SUPPORT
>
>Here are suggestions for help texts. Please verify if they are correct
>and check whether there are more new (menuconfig) options without help
>texts.
Other config options without text include:
CRYPTO_HW (b511431d85948823ec58639bd3137b910964be34)
AUXDISPLAY (f5920969fb9e29c9d60568864d0a56fe85e8f4b6)
VIRTUALIZATION (de062065a5293d8f434acb2d6ba5df87ad76bbd9)
ATM_DRIVERS (4151ce3159c18a990da7fd6f0fe36c73d1c40f87)
NETDEV_1000 (f30486d57bceec2364aa696403d64429ada61b60)
NETDEV_10000 (f30486d57bceec2364aa696403d64429ada61b60)
Thanks for the starting help texts. I have produced a cumulative patch
with both yours and the extra ones listed above. Can we somehow sneak
this directly in without split-to-maintainers? tis' just some help text.
(Patch below)
>PS:
>
>I believe one possible *bug* of this menuconfig stuff is that if (1.)
>user X disables menuconfig A in linux-2.6.x because nothing interesting
>for him is in there, (2.) developer Y adds something very interesting in
>menu A in linux-2.6.x+1, --> (3.) user X will miss this new option when
>he runs "make oldconfig" when switching to linux-2.6.x+1 because
>everything between 'if A'...'endif # A' will be invisible and disabled.
If I once said "I don't want no USB", I do not want to be prompted in a later
version for USB_COFFEE_PAD. :)
Jan
===
>> add-help-texts-to-textless-menuconfig-objects.diff <<
Add some help texts to recently-introduced kconfig items
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]>
---
arch/i386/Kconfig | 5 +++++
drivers/atm/Kconfig | 5 +++++
drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig | 5 +++++
drivers/block/Kconfig | 6 ++++++
drivers/crypto/Kconfig | 5 +++++
drivers/hid/Kconfig | 5 +++++
drivers/kvm/Kconfig | 5 +++++
drivers/macintosh/Kconfig | 6 ++++++
drivers/misc/Kconfig | 5 +++++
drivers/net/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++
drivers/usb/Kconfig | 3 +++
11 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6.23/arch/i386/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -1216,6 +1216,11 @@ menuconfig INSTRUMENTATION
bool "Instrumentation Support"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options related to performance measurement,
+ debugging, and testing. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if INSTRUMENTATION
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/atm/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/atm/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/atm/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ menuconfig ATM_DRIVERS
bool "ATM drivers"
depends on NETDEVICES && ATM
default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for Asynchronous Transfer Mode
+ device drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if ATM_DRIVERS && NETDEVICES && ATM
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
menuconfig AUXDISPLAY
depends on PARPORT
bool "Auxiliary Display support"
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for auxiliary display drivers.
+ This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if AUXDISPLAY && PARPORT
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/block/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ menuconfig BLK_DEV
bool "Block devices"
depends on BLOCK
default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for various different block device
+ drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled;
+ only do this if you know what you are doing.
if BLK_DEV
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
menuconfig CRYPTO_HW
bool "Hardware crypto devices"
default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for hardware crypto devices and
+ processors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if CRYPTO_HW
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/hid/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/hid/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/hid/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ menuconfig HID_SUPPORT
bool "HID Devices"
depends on INPUT
default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for various computer-human interface
+ device drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if HID_SUPPORT
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
bool "Virtualization"
depends on X86
default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for virtualization guest drivers.
+ This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if VIRTUALIZATION
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ menuconfig MACINTOSH_DRIVERS
bool "Macintosh device drivers"
depends on PPC || MAC || X86
default y if (PPC_PMAC || MAC)
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for devices used with Macintosh
+ computers, both PPC and Intel based. This option alone does not add
+ any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if MACINTOSH_DRIVERS
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/misc/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
menuconfig MISC_DEVICES
bool "Misc devices"
default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers from various
+ different categories. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if MISC_DEVICES
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/net/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -1923,6 +1923,16 @@ menuconfig NETDEV_1000
bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
depends on !UML
default y
+ ---help---
+ Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
+ type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
+
+ Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
+ This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+ Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed
+ under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if NETDEV_1000
@@ -2294,6 +2304,11 @@ menuconfig NETDEV_10000
bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)"
depends on !UML
default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
+ This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if NETDEV_10000
Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/usb/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/usb/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/usb/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ menuconfig USB_SUPPORT
bool "USB support"
depends on HAS_IOMEM
default y
+ ---help---
+ This option adds core support for Universal Serial Bus (USB).
+ You will also need drivers from the following menu to make use of it.
if USB_SUPPORT
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