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Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:22:35 -0700
From:	Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com, ak@....de, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	rdreier@...co.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	airlied@...net.ie, davej@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	arjan@...radead.org, jesse.barnes@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 02/13] x86: PAT infrastructure patch

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 01:06:39PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:00:14 -0700 venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com wrote:
> 
> diffstat would be very nice to have.

I have updated my quilt scripts to auto-generate diffstat for any future
patches.

> 
> 
> > Index: linux-2.6-x86.git/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6-x86.git.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig	2008-03-17 11:06:47.000000000 -0700
> > +++ linux-2.6-x86.git/arch/x86/Kconfig	2008-03-17 11:06:51.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -1013,6 +1013,21 @@
> >  
> >  	  See <file:Documentation/mtrr.txt> for more information.
> >  
> > +config X86_PAT
> > +	def_bool y
> > +	prompt "x86 PAT support"
> > +	depends on MTRR && NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
> > +	help
> > +	  Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
> > +	---help---
> > +	  PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
> > +	  flexible than MTRRs.
> > +
> 
> Do 2 help sections actually work?  We don't usually do that.
> Just change the second one to a blank line.
> 
> > +	  Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
> > +	  spontaneous reboots) or a non-working Xorg.
> 
> Maybe "a non-working Xorg video driver" ?
> or even omit Xorg and just say video driver?
> 

Done with below patch.
Ingo: Please apply.

Thanks,
Venki




Fix double help section in PAT Kconfig. Thanks to Randy Dunlap for catching
this bug.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>

---
 arch/x86/Kconfig |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-x86.git/arch/x86/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-x86.git.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig	2008-03-21 08:28:47.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6-x86.git/arch/x86/Kconfig	2008-03-24 07:19:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -1019,12 +1019,12 @@ config X86_PAT
 	depends on MTRR && NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
 	help
 	  Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
-	---help---
+
 	  PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
 	  flexible than MTRRs.
 
 	  Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
-	  spontaneous reboots) or a non-working Xorg.
+	  spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
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