linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4 v2] serial: SH_SCI: improve "DMA support" prompt

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Message-ID: <20260110232643.3533351-5-rdunlap@infradead.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:26:43 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4 v2] serial: SH_SCI: improve "DMA support" prompt

Having a prompt of "DMA support" suddenly appear during a
"make oldconfig" can be confusing. Add a little helpful text to
the prompt message.

Fixes: 73a19e4c0301 ("serial: sh-sci: Add DMA support.")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
---
v2: make the prompt more like the other SH_SCI prompts (Geert)

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc: linux-serial@...r.kernel.org

 drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-next-20260109.orig/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ linux-next-20260109/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ config SERIAL_SH_SCI_EARLYCON
 	default ARCH_RENESAS
 
 config SERIAL_SH_SCI_DMA
-	bool "DMA support" if EXPERT
+	bool "Support for DMA on SuperH SCI(F)" if EXPERT
 	depends on SERIAL_SH_SCI && DMA_ENGINE
 	default ARCH_RENESAS