linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] bootconfig: Fix Kconfig help message for BOOT

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Message-Id: <157949058031.25888.18399447161895787505.stgit@devnote2>
Date:   Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:23:00 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Tim Bird <Tim.Bird@...y.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] bootconfig: Fix Kconfig help message for BOOT_CONFIG

Fix Kconfig help message since the bootconfig file is
only available to be appended to initramfs. And also
add a reference to the documentation.

Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 init/Kconfig |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ffd240fb88c3..9506299a53e3 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1223,7 +1223,9 @@ config BOOT_CONFIG
 	help
 	  Extra boot config allows system admin to pass a config file as
 	  complemental extension of kernel cmdline when booting.
-	  The boot config file is usually attached at the end of initramfs.
+	  The boot config file must be attached at the end of initramfs
+	  with checksum and size.
+	  See <file:Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst> for details.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.