Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755827AbZFLRdN (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:33:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752084AbZFLRc6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:58 -0400 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.31]:16212 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751834AbZFLRc5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:57 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=V8UzTtP1BTd4eH6BHviCVEZp53LdgQdsnBJkxtdu3HO/oCv0hXE9WQyjYOSD1rSBoF aTw0UFwHGI+3jrk3FYkxvx6dDdkMJyzBSZwe+FWHFv1f5EvuMLnPtrpUgBkuRR5lqpKO 8HSlXIHLmsgwo7Ih2KPOFNll8vIsCtnVcvMQo= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090612173031.GA11233@elte.hu> References: <1244827063-24046-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <20090612173031.GA11233@elte.hu> From: Mike Frysinger Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:40 -0400 Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0906121032p12710878h14c5013fbec58b91@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf_counters: start documenting HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS requirements To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Paul Mackerras , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1418 Lines: 40 On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 13:30, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Mike Frysinger wrote: >> Help out arch porters who want to support perf counters by listing some >> basic requirements. >> >> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger >> --- >> i imagine more details would be good, but this is a starting point and >> better than nothing >> >>  init/Kconfig          |    2 ++ >>  tools/perf/design.txt |   15 +++++++++++++++ >>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig >> index c649657..20f85b1 100644 >> --- a/init/Kconfig >> +++ b/init/Kconfig >> @@ -936,6 +936,8 @@ config AIO >> >>  config HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS >>       bool >> +     help >> +       See end of tools/perf/design.txt >> >>  menu "Performance Counters" > > Applied, thanks Mike! I have made a small change: i changed it from > help text into a regular comment. We usually use help texts for > interactive Kconfig options - but this is not one. yes, but i like the help text because when i use the kconfig search option, it shows up. otherwise doing a search for HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS shows nothing useful. -mike -- 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/