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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:26:26 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-git* regression: Kconfig prompts without help text

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Add some help texts to recently-introduced kconfig items
> 
> 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.

`MAC' is the symbol for m68k Macs.

>From a quick look at drivers/macintosh/Kconfig, all of the entries are for m68k
and PPC Macs only.  The only thing that depends on X86 is the main menu...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds
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