linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/11] Remove blank help texts from Kconfig files and add warning

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Date:   Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:46:54 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] Remove blank help texts from Kconfig files and add
 warning

On 01/31/2018 07:27 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 2018-01-31 18:34 GMT+09:00 Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>:
>> This patchset first removes all blank help texts from Kconfig files for all
>> arches, and then makes Kconfig print a warning for blank help texts.
>>
>> All patches can be applied independently, but to avoid warning spam, the blank
>> help texts ought to be removed before the warning is added.
>>
>> Ulf Magnusson (11):
>>   net/sched: kconfig: Remove blank help texts
>>   video: fbdev: kconfig: Remove blank help text
>>   mmc: kconfig: Remove blank help text
>>   Staging: rtl8192u: kconfig: Remove blank help text
>>   Staging: rtl8192e: kconfig: Remove blank help text
>>   lib/Kconfig.debug: Remove blank help text
>>   MIPS: BCM63XX: kconfig: Remove blank help text
>>   MIPS: kconfig: Remove blank help text
>>   arm: vt8500: kconfig: Remove blank help text
>>   nios2: kconfig: Remove blank help text
>>   kconfig: Warn if help text is blank
> 
> 
> Whole of the series, applied to linux-kbuild/kconfig.  Thanks!
> 

That probably means that I am too late, but anyway:

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> # series of 11 patches

Thanks.

> 
> 
>>  arch/arm/mach-vt8500/Kconfig              | 1 -
>>  arch/mips/Kconfig                         | 1 -
>>  arch/mips/bcm63xx/boards/Kconfig          | 1 -
>>  arch/nios2/Kconfig                        | 1 -
>>  drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig                  | 1 -
>>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/Kconfig | 1 -
>>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/Kconfig          | 1 -
>>  drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig               | 1 -
>>  lib/Kconfig.debug                         | 1 -
>>  net/sched/Kconfig                         | 3 ---
>>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.y                   | 6 ++++++
>>  11 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)


-- 
~Randy