linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/3] drm: Improve Kconfig symbol prompt and help texts

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Message-ID: <20230702191529.768248-2-javierm@redhat.com>
Date:   Sun,  2 Jul 2023 21:15:18 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/3] drm: Improve Kconfig symbol prompt and help texts

The current text were not changed since the original Linux-2.6.12-rc2 git
import. Let's improve it and make that more aligned with the DRM/KMS docs.

Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
---

(no changes since v1)

 drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index afb3b2f5f425..373f85e174c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 # Drm device configuration
 #
 # This driver provides support for the
-# Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in XFree86 4.1.0 and higher.
+# Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) that is composed of the Direct
+# Rendering Manager (DRM) and Kernel Mode Settings (KMS) subsystems.
 #
 menuconfig DRM
-	tristate "Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)"
+	tristate "Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) and Kernel Mode Settings (KMS)"
 	depends on (AGP || AGP=n) && !EMULATED_CMPXCHG && HAS_DMA
 	select DRM_PANEL_ORIENTATION_QUIRKS
 	select HDMI
@@ -19,13 +20,16 @@ menuconfig DRM
 	select VIDEO_CMDLINE
 	select VIDEO_NOMODESET
 	help
-	  Kernel-level support for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
-	  introduced in XFree86 4.0. If you say Y here, you need to select
-	  the module that's right for your graphics card from the list below.
-	  These modules provide support for synchronization, security, and
-	  DMA transfers. Please see <http://dri.sourceforge.net/> for more
-	  details.  You should also select and configure AGP
-	  (/dev/agpgart) support if it is available for your platform.
+	  Kernel-level support for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI),
+	  that is composed of the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) and Kernel
+	  Mode Settings (KMS) subsystems.
+
+	  If you say Y here, you need to select the module that's right for
+	  your graphics card from the list below. These modules provide support
+	  for synchronization, security, and DMA transfers.
+
+	  Please see <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/index.html>
+	  for more details about the Linux DRM and KMS subsystems.
 
 config DRM_MIPI_DBI
 	tristate
-- 
2.41.0