linux-kernel - Re: Checkpatch problem with Kconfig help symbol ?

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Message-ID: <1295594371.27658.3.camel@dell>
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:19:31 +0200
From:	Tapio Vihuri <tapio.vihuri@...ia.com>
To:	ext Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: Checkpatch problem with Kconfig help symbol ?

On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 10:38 +0100, ext Michal Marek wrote:
> On 20.1.2011 09:06, WANG Cong wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:42:48 +0200, Tapio Vihuri wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Is this false positive ?
> >>
> >> WARNING: please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully
> >> #60: FILE: drivers/input/misc/Kconfig:159: +       help
> >>
> >>
> >> Interesting enough, also:
> >>
> >> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file drivers/input/misc/Kconfig WARNING:
> >> please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully #430:
> >> FILE: input/misc/Kconfig:430:
> >> +       help
> >>
> >>
> >> But this is different line.
> >>
> > 
> > Seems yes, the Kconfig part of your patch looks fine.
> 
> The check is complaining that the help text is too short:
> 
> +config ECI_CTRL_DEBUG
> +	bool "ECI controller debug"
> +	depends on INPUT_ECI_AT20
> +	help
> +	  Say Y here to enable debugging messages for ECI controller driver.
> 
> Michal

Hi.

That I suspect, and I tried to add four lines more.
But it still complain the same.

Tapio

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