linux-kernel - [PATCH 114/115] ion: Improve ION config description

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Message-Id: <1386991595-6251-22-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org>
Date:	Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:26:34 -0800
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
	Jesse Barker <jesse.barker@....com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 114/115] ion: Improve ION config description

Mostly just to quiet checkpatch warnings, be more verbose
in describing the ION config option.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig
index 3215bd8..a342d96 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ menuconfig ION
 	tristate "Ion Memory Manager"
 	select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
 	select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
-	help
-	  Chose this option to enable the ION Memory Manager.
+	---help---
+	  Chose this option to enable the ION Memory Manager,
+	  used by Android to efficiently allocate buffers
+	  from userspace that can be shared between drivers.
+	  If you're not using Android its probably safe to
+	  say N here.
 
 config ION_TEST
 	tristate "Ion Test Device"
-- 
1.8.3.2

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