Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765331AbZFLRlV (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:41:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764842AbZFLRlL (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:41:11 -0400 Received: from mail-yx0-f200.google.com ([209.85.210.200]:55409 "EHLO mail-yx0-f200.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763159AbZFLRlK convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:41:10 -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=wCes5H36uk+s47UwhV88A9SXABm5UXTJuWtcTUgUzhl4ovQQ2E8Cohw8g6b2SV5w2q KtOzxL4IBryLPmD6mCckIByNcU0n/sdyXlbnGDd3rW7D6MPeHXD893iS1dk8uSuABGci 8X6HW6fjF+Pf1z0aTHaGXmy5EqiDoI1bnctow= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090612173647.GC22015@elte.hu> References: <1244827063-24046-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <20090612173031.GA11233@elte.hu> <8bd0f97a0906121032p12710878h14c5013fbec58b91@mail.gmail.com> <20090612173647.GC22015@elte.hu> From: Mike Frysinger Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:40:52 -0400 Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0906121040m5222cd5et77ecc1bd5edb6b89@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: 1877 Lines: 49 On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 13:36, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Mike Frysinger wrote: >> 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. > > When i did this modification i tried that in 'make menuconfig' and > the help didnt show up. Is it only available in certain kconfig > methods? hrm, you're right. not sure what i was thinking of. sounds like an enhancement request though for kconfig. -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/