For only the second time in recorded history, the master
Configure.help file now has help entries corresponding to *all*
configuration symbols in live use in the kernel tree (both 2.4 and
2.5). It is available for your downloading pleasure at:
http://tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/Configure.help.gz
Fossil entries in this version have been garbage-collected out (I'm
keeping them in a dead-entries file in case any of them becomes
interesting again.) Entries for which the question symbol has merely
been commented out in CML1 have been retained.
I had to write over 600 of the entries in this version myself,
including the last six. Please don't put me through that again --
when you add a config option, *include a Configure.help entry in your
patch*. Not documenting how and why to configure your option is both
sloppy and antisocial. I beseech the current Elder Gods of the kernel
to reject future patches that neglect this step.
Thanks to everyone who responded well to my nagging by sending in entries.
--
<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains
me to say this, but the NRA seems to be right: The cities and states
that have the toughest gun laws have the most murder and mayhem.
-- Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune
On Sunday 16 December 2001 03:16, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> For only the second time in recorded history, the master
> Configure.help file now has help entries corresponding to *all*
> configuration symbols in live use in the kernel tree (both 2.4 and
> 2.5). It is available for your downloading pleasure at:
>
> http://tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/Configure.help.gz
>
> I had to write over 600 of the entries in this version myself,
> including the last six. Please don't put me through that again --
> when you add a config option, *include a Configure.help entry in your
> patch*. Not documenting how and why to configure your option is both
> sloppy and antisocial. I beseech the current Elder Gods of the kernel
> to reject future patches that neglect this step.
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded well to my nagging by sending in entries.
And thank you Eric for your effort! Thank you! :-)
--
vda