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

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:05:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
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

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:
> 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.

You're right, I missed that one, as I used `grep depends' ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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