linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Only initialize hvc_console if needed, cleanup Kconfig help

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Message-Id: <20070817174653.eae71040.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:46:53 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	"Ryan S. Arnold" <rsa@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Only initialize hvc_console if needed, cleanup Kconfig
 help

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:25:46 +1000 Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
wrote:
>
> diff -r 0730da2377be drivers/char/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig	Tue Aug 14 12:46:08 2007 +1000
> +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig	Fri Aug 17 09:05:12 2007 +1000
> @@ -568,10 +568,10 @@ config HVC_DRIVER
>  config HVC_DRIVER
>  	bool
>  	help
> -	  Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
> -	  module for their backend console driver should select this option.
> -	  It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
> -	  is selected.
> +	  Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
> +	  hypervisors (pSeries, Xen, lguest).
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You left out iSeries.  Probably better to just not enumerate them as they
may increase over time.

Otherwise looks good (though I haven't actually built/booted it).
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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