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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for too short Kconfig descriptions
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> - -+			WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4);
> ++			WARN("Less than four lines of help text -- consider adding more detail\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4);

I don't want to give the number, because that just tempts people
to "game" the rule. Ideally they should just use as many lines
as needed, not just four.

-Andi
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ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.