From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:56:21 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Add some help texts to recently-introduced kconfig items X-Git-Tag: v2.6.23-rc4~119 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=06bfb7eb1535822a3338ffea9918e22215abed90;p=linux-2.6 Add some help texts to recently-introduced kconfig items Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter (edited MACINTOSH_DRIVERS per Geert Uytterhoeven's remark) Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig index f952493325..f16a46e884 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig @@ -1228,6 +1228,11 @@ 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 diff --git a/drivers/atm/Kconfig b/drivers/atm/Kconfig index bed9f58c2d..b554edac1c 100644 --- a/drivers/atm/Kconfig +++ b/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 diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig b/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig index de2fcce10b..043353bd06 100644 --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig +++ b/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 diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index a4a3119924..ef32e977d3 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/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 diff --git a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig index 84ebfcc1ff..c0fc4aeb85 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/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 diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig index 3b63b0b781..19667fcc72 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig +++ b/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 diff --git a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig index 6cecc396e0..7b64fd4aa2 100644 --- a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig +++ b/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 diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig index dbe9626886..56cd8998fe 100644 --- a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ 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. 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 diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig index 518d5d3354..a26655881e 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig +++ b/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 diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig index 81ef81c9a5..5b9e17bf17 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig @@ -1968,6 +1968,16 @@ 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 @@ -2339,6 +2349,11 @@ 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 diff --git a/drivers/usb/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/Kconfig index 7dd73546bf..6343689268 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/Kconfig +++ b/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