From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754675Ab2CZUJX (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:09:23 -0400 Received: from e2.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.142]:34334 "EHLO e2.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751237Ab2CZUJW (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:09:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:08:50 -0700 From: "Darrick J. Wong" To: Stefan Richter Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: lib/crc32: new Kconfig prompt without help text Message-ID: <20120326200850.GA14821@tux1.beaverton.ibm.com> Reply-To: djwong@us.ibm.com References: <20120325113525.778eb2cd@stein> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120325113525.778eb2cd@stein> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 12032620-5112-0000-0000-000006848DE0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:35:25AM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > Hi Darrick, > > the new prompt "CRC32 implementation" doesn't have an own help text, only > its subsequent options have. This is fine with a configurator like > xconfig. But "make oldconfig" only shows help text at the choice itself, > not at the options: > > $ make oldconfig > [...] > > CRC32/CRC32c functions (CRC32) [Y/?] y > > CRC32 perform self test on init (CRC32_SELFTEST) [N/y/?] (NEW) > > CRC32 implementation > > > 1. Slice by 8 bytes (CRC32_SLICEBY8) (NEW) > > 2. Slice by 4 bytes (CRC32_SLICEBY4) (NEW) > > 3. Sarwate's Algorithm (one byte at a time) (CRC32_SARWATE) (NEW) > > 4. Classic Algorithm (one bit at a time) (CRC32_BIT) (NEW) > > choice[1-4]: ? > > > > There is no help available for this option. Hmmm, I guess there should be help available for this option. Will send one soon. --D > > -- > Stefan Richter > -=====-===-- --== ==--= > http://arcgraph.de/sr/ >