linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22-git* regression: Kconfig prompts without help text

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:49:34 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
CC:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	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

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 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.

OK, then this should read

	  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.

> 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...

There is one entry for all sorts of Macs, MAC_EMUMOUSEBTN.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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