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Date:	Fri, 2 May 2008 00:02:30 +0200
From:	"Roland" <devzero@....de>
To:	<nadejdalevitsky@...il.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	<eric.moore@...l.com>
Subject: Re: This month's price for the most useless new Kconfig help text ...

>> (I agree that Kconfig helps like "CONFIG_FUSION: Say Y here to get to
>> see options for Fusion Message Passing Technology (MPT) drivers" do not
>> help much, I just didn't know that people were now actually caring about
>> having some real explanations beyond the usual "if you don't know what
>> it is, you don't need it, just say no")
>
>Speaking of which I remember how I was confused when I found out that this 
>driver
>is the linux driver for "SCI logic" SCSI vmware adapter :-)

to be exact, it`s  CONFIG_FUSION_SPI and that makes mptspi build, which is
a driver for LSI53C1030 type controller, which also exists in real world.
vmware just emulates this hardware.

>menuconfig FUSION
>        bool "Fusion MPT device support"
>        depends on PCI
>        ---help---
>        Say Y here to get to see options for Fusion Message
>        Passing Technology (MPT) drivers.
>        This option alone does not add any kernel code.

you are right, this is confiusing and confused me and others, too.

not a single word that this is for LSILogic type controllers.

Maybe that can/should be changed to "LSI Fusion MPT device support", "Say Y 
here to get to see options for drivers
based on LSI Fusion Message Passing Technology (MPT)"  !?

regards
roland






List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: This month's price for the most useless new Kconfig help 
text ...
From:       Maxim Levitsky <nadejdalevitsky () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-05-01 17:04:42
Message-ID: 200805012004.42706.maximlevitsky () gmail ! com
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On Thursday, 1 May 2008 19:01:29 Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig, le Thu 01 May 2008 11:47:20 -0400, a écrit :
> > On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 02:19:00PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > If the society was a bit more aware of accessibility troubles in 
> > > general
> > > (I mean in the street etc.), we wouldn't have to explain the word
> >
> > Blah, an agenda is not an excuse for bad option descriptions.
>
> Sure, that's why I provided a patch :)
>
> (I agree that Kconfig helps like "CONFIG_FUSION: Say Y here to get to
> see options for Fusion Message Passing Technology (MPT) drivers" do not
> help much, I just didn't know that people were now actually caring about
> having some real explanations beyond the usual "if you don't know what
> it is, you don't need it, just say no")
Speaking of which I remember how I was confused when I found out that this 
driver
is the linux driver for "SCI logic" SCSI vmware adapter :-)

>
> > And btw, the word accessibility in the sense used here doesn't translate
> > at all into many foreign languages,
>
> Right.
>
> Samuel
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Regards,
 Maxim Levitsky


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