linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gnss: tell what GNSS means

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Message-ID: <5265031c-14b3-4526-8d30-75edbf804a38@infradead.org>
Date:   Sun, 29 Oct 2023 05:13:52 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnss: tell what GNSS means



On 10/29/23 00:15, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2023-10-16 16:38:28, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 10:43:46PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> Tell users what GNSS means in the Kconfig prompt.
>>  
>>>  menuconfig GNSS
>>> -	tristate "GNSS receiver support"
>>> +	tristate "GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver support"
>>
>> No, I don't like the way this clutters menuconfig. The above would make
>> this one of the longest entries and for very little gain.
> 
> Yeah, because everyone knows what GNSS means.
> 
> Except that most people know GNSS as GPS. You misnamed the subsystem,
> so it now needs explanation :-(.
> 								Pavel

Thanks.  Obviously I agree.

-- 
~Randy