Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964802AbWAQUUS (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:20:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964805AbWAQUUS (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:20:18 -0500 Received: from mailgw4.ericsson.se ([193.180.251.62]:38618 "EHLO mailgw4.ericsson.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964802AbWAQUUQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:20:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:15:54 +0100 (CET) From: Per Liden X-X-Sender: eperlid@ulinpc219.uab.ericsson.se To: Jesper Juhl cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Jon Maloy , Allan Stephens , tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] TIPC: add Kconfig help text In-Reply-To: <200601172058.31503.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <200601172058.31503.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Jan 2006 20:20:14.0464 (UTC) FILETIME=[6CBDE000:01C61BA3] X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2142 Lines: 60 I've already committed a patch similar to this in our GIT repo (http://tipc.cslab.ericsson.net), just haven't asked for it to be pulled yet since we have another fix for some namespace pullution in the pipeline. Thanks though! /Per On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > A new option such as TIPC should have a clear help text (as should any > option for that matter) so users have a chance of determining if they > want the option enabled or not without having to do extensive online > searches. > Since this is likely to puzzle a lot of people doing "make oldconfig" > with 2.6.16 using their old 2.6.15 .config I think the patch below (or > a similar one) should go in before 2.6.16 is released. > > Please consider merging. > > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl > --- > > net/tipc/Kconfig | 9 ++++++--- > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > --- linux-2.6.16-rc1-orig/net/tipc/Kconfig 2006-01-17 19:14:24.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.6.16-rc1/net/tipc/Kconfig 2006-01-17 19:30:13.000000000 +0100 > @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ > config TIPC > tristate "The TIPC Protocol (EXPERIMENTAL)" > ---help--- > - TBD. > + The Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is a > + protocol for intra cluster communication. > + Unless you are building a cluster using TIPC you probably have no > + use for this. > > This protocol support is also available as a module ( = code which > can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you > @@ -23,8 +26,8 @@ > default n > help > Saying Y here will open some advanced configuration > - for TIPC. Most users do not need to bother, so if > - unsure, just say N. > + for TIPC. Most users do not need to bother, so if unsure, > + just say N. > > config TIPC_ZONES > int "Maximum number of zones in network" > > > - 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/