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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:17:36 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> To: Nick Andrew <nick@...k-andrew.net> Cc: trivial@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 5/9] On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:53:09 +1100 Nick Andrew wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > > against linux-2.6.24.2. > > [...] > > Patch 5 > > IKCONFIG > > IKCONFIG_PROC > > LOG_BUF_SHIFT Those parts are fine. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> Please read http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt, esp. section 2, Subject. > Changelog: > > Improve usefulness and consistency of kernel configuration help messages. > > Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <nick@...k-andrew.net> > > > --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 00:45:07.000000000 +1100 > +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 00:52:07.000000000 +1100 > @@ -254,20 +254,30 @@ config IKCONFIG > tristate "Kernel .config support" > ---help--- > This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file > - contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation > - of which kernel options are used in a running kernel or in an > - on-disk kernel. This information can be extracted from the kernel > - image file with the script scripts/extract-ikconfig and used as > - input to rebuild the current kernel or to build another kernel. > - It can also be extracted from a running kernel by reading > - /proc/config.gz if enabled (below). > + contents to be saved in the kernel. > + > + It provides documentation of which kernel options are used in > + a running kernel or in an on-disk kernel. This information > + can be extracted from the kernel image file with the script > + "scripts/extract-ikconfig" and used as input to rebuild the > + current kernel or to build another kernel. > + > + It can also be extracted from a running kernel with > + "zcat /proc/config.gz" if CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC is enabled > + below. > + > + Your kernel size will increase by around 14k. > + > + If unsure, say N. > > config IKCONFIG_PROC > bool "Enable access to .config through /proc/config.gz" > depends on IKCONFIG && PROC_FS > ---help--- > - This option enables access to the kernel configuration file > - through /proc/config.gz. > + This option enables access to the configuration of the running > + kernel through /proc/config.gz. > + > + If unsure, say Y. > > config LOG_BUF_SHIFT > int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)" > @@ -277,14 +287,15 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT > default 15 if SMP > default 14 > help > - Select kernel log buffer size as a power of 2. > - Defaults and Examples: > + Select the kernel log buffer size as a power of 2. > + > + Defaults and examples: > 17 => 128 KB for S/390 > - 16 => 64 KB for x86 NUMAQ or IA-64 > - 15 => 32 KB for SMP > - 14 => 16 KB for uniprocessor > - 13 => 8 KB > - 12 => 4 KB > + 16 => 64 KB for x86 NUMAQ or IA-64 > + 15 => 32 KB for SMP > + 14 => 16 KB for uniprocessor > + 13 => 8 KB > + 12 => 4 KB > > config CGROUPS > bool "Control Group support" --- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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