Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753696Ab2JHXxu (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2012 19:53:50 -0400 Received: from mail-bk0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:43288 "EHLO mail-bk0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750917Ab2JHXxr (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2012 19:53:47 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1349716293-16723-2-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org> References: <1349716293-16723-1-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org> <1349716293-16723-2-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:53:46 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: HJCSQ7HSi0GP9fDdgntu70jKMkw Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86, RAS: Add a barebones RAS subtree From: Tony Luck To: Borislav Petkov Cc: EDAC devel , X86-ML , LKML , Borislav Petkov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1029 Lines: 25 On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > +config X86_RAS > + def_bool y > + prompt "X86 RAS features" > + ---help--- > + A collection of Reliability, Availability and Serviceability software > + features which enable hardware error logging and reporting. Leave it > + at 'y' unless you really know what you're doing. > + The intent of "X86_RAS" is just to show/hide all the menu options for the individual features - which will all use depends on X86_RAS right? Having this set to "y" doesn't actually enable any of the features - they all have their own CONFIG_* variables. Perhaps we could make that clearer in the help text? And ditch the "Leave it at 'y' ... ", I don't think it helps anyone. -Tony -- 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/