Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760897AbXENU22 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 16:28:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757262AbXENU2V (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 16:28:21 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:48310 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755925AbXENU2T (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 16:28:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 22:27:24 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Stefan Richter cc: Tilman Schmidt , LKML Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1 In-Reply-To: <46489D48.2040405@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Message-ID: References: <4647569D.7010709@imap.cc> <46489D48.2040405@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1089 Lines: 29 On May 14 2007 19:32, Stefan Richter wrote: >> >> As for NETDEV_1000 and _10000, I really wonder if we need anymore >> help text than the option. I do not know what the minimum level >> of user knowledge is that kconfig help texts need to support, >> but maybe you can tell? > >The text "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)" _doesn't_ tell me that this option >"does not affect the kernel build, it only lets [me] choose drivers". > >The "patches welcome" is quite appropriate. On the other hand, visible >Kconfig options without help text should almost never be allowed to go >in in the first place, IMO. Well, it was a conversion from "menu" to "menuconfig". Since menus cannot(?) have a kconfig text, I did not transform one. For the "config" to "menuconfig" conversions, the help text was preserved, since there was something to preserve. Jan -- - 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/