Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261340AbUCVXES (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 18:04:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261389AbUCVXES (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 18:04:18 -0500 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:32686 "EHLO ozlabs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261340AbUCVXER (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 18:04:17 -0500 Subject: arch/i386/Kconfig: CONFIG_IRQBALANCE Description From: Rusty Russell To: lkml - Kernel Mailing List Cc: Ingo Molnar Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1079996577.6595.19.camel@bach> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:02:57 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 908 Lines: 27 I came across this description: config IRQBALANCE bool "Enable kernel irq balancing" depends on SMP && X86_IO_APIC default y help The default yes will allow the kernel to do irq load balancing. Saying no will keep the kernel from doing irq load balancing. Holy shades of preempt! Help messages should describe the advantages and disadvantages of an option: little more disclosure would really help here. IMHO, if you're having trouble describing the pros and cons of an option to a user of average technical ability (think sysadmin), it's not a good config option. Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their signature is an idiot -- Rusty Russell - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/