linux-kernel - Re: oldconfig/menuconfig help text display for "choice" items

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:07:27 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: oldconfig/menuconfig help text display for "choice" items

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 02:02:19AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> when running oldconfig, I got to see some new IO delay questions,
> and tried displaying its info using ?.
> 
> 	IO delay type
> 	  1. port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended] (IO_DELAY_0X80) (NEW)
> 	> 2. port 0xed based port-IO delay (IO_DELAY_0XED) (NEW)
> 	  3. udelay based port-IO delay (IO_DELAY_UDELAY) (NEW)
> 	  4. no port-IO delay (IO_DELAY_NONE) (NEW)
> 	choice[1-4]: ?
> 
> 	Sorry, no help available for this option yet.
> 
> 
> The IO_DELAY_* "config" items have a help text, while the "choice" 
> item does not.
> Are there any plans on 'fixing' oldconfig to somehow tell me something 
> about such new options?

IT should be fixed but I have not looked into to it.
Roman?

	Sam
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