From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932816AbYEAWCl (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 18:02:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754876AbYEAWCd (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 18:02:33 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:49276 "EHLO fmmailgate03.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756848AbYEAWCc (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 18:02:32 -0400 Message-ID: <002301c8abd7$0d8afcf0$6400a8c0@bui.materna.com> From: "Roland" To: Cc: , , Subject: Re: This month's price for the most useless new Kconfig help text ... Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 00:02:30 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19MjokAxJAVXILpIcvOpcHeS0kJKBBYRXrHz6YK QErhp3GxOav3CP+mQOqYzibHkxZHCKY0TCfdYmGIgYzY9+kVM6 h/hXgZ0PY= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> (I agree that Kconfig helps like "CONFIG_FUSION: Say Y here to get to >> see options for Fusion Message Passing Technology (MPT) drivers" do not >> help much, I just didn't know that people were now actually caring about >> having some real explanations beyond the usual "if you don't know what >> it is, you don't need it, just say no") > >Speaking of which I remember how I was confused when I found out that this >driver >is the linux driver for "SCI logic" SCSI vmware adapter :-) to be exact, it`s CONFIG_FUSION_SPI and that makes mptspi build, which is a driver for LSI53C1030 type controller, which also exists in real world. vmware just emulates this hardware. >menuconfig FUSION > bool "Fusion MPT device support" > depends on PCI > ---help--- > Say Y here to get to see options for Fusion Message > Passing Technology (MPT) drivers. > This option alone does not add any kernel code. you are right, this is confiusing and confused me and others, too. not a single word that this is for LSILogic type controllers. Maybe that can/should be changed to "LSI Fusion MPT device support", "Say Y here to get to see options for drivers based on LSI Fusion Message Passing Technology (MPT)" !? regards roland List: linux-kernel Subject: Re: This month's price for the most useless new Kconfig help text ... From: Maxim Levitsky Date: 2008-05-01 17:04:42 Message-ID: 200805012004.42706.maximlevitsky () gmail ! com [Download message RAW] On Thursday, 1 May 2008 19:01:29 Samuel Thibault wrote: > Christoph Hellwig, le Thu 01 May 2008 11:47:20 -0400, a écrit : > > On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 02:19:00PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > If the society was a bit more aware of accessibility troubles in > > > general > > > (I mean in the street etc.), we wouldn't have to explain the word > > > > Blah, an agenda is not an excuse for bad option descriptions. > > Sure, that's why I provided a patch :) > > (I agree that Kconfig helps like "CONFIG_FUSION: Say Y here to get to > see options for Fusion Message Passing Technology (MPT) drivers" do not > help much, I just didn't know that people were now actually caring about > having some real explanations beyond the usual "if you don't know what > it is, you don't need it, just say no") Speaking of which I remember how I was confused when I found out that this driver is the linux driver for "SCI logic" SCSI vmware adapter :-) > > > And btw, the word accessibility in the sense used here doesn't translate > > at all into many foreign languages, > > Right. > > Samuel > -- > 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/ > Regards, Maxim Levitsky