linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for too short Kconfig descriptions

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Message-ID: <4BA4CE32.1020207@imap.cc>
Date:	Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:31:30 +0100
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for too short Kconfig descriptions

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Am 2010-03-20 03:32 schrieb Andi Kleen:
>     I've seen various new Kconfigs with rather unhelpful one liner
>     descriptions. Add a Kconfig warning for a minimum length of the
>     Kconfig help section.

I don't think helpfulness can be enforced via line count.
A one-liner can be quite sufficient (eg. CRYPTO_MD4).
OTOH more lines can still leave important questions unanswered (eg.
CRYPTO_SALSA20_586 whose help text is identical to that of
CRYPTO_SALSA20, leaving you wondering when to choose one over the other).

Jm2c
Tilman

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