From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754653Ab2GaWLT (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:11:19 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:57612 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752795Ab2GaWLS (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:11:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 00:11:13 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Dave Jones Cc: Linux Kernel , Thierry Reding Subject: Re: awful kconfig help texts. Message-ID: <20120731221113.GA10201@liondog.tnic> Mail-Followup-To: Borislav Petkov , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel , Thierry Reding References: <20120731151600.GA19412@redhat.com> <20120731170741.GA4735@x1.osrc.amd.com> <20120731184313.GA30493@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120731184313.GA30493@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 02:43:13PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 07:07:41PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Oh, there's one more enlightening sentence in the help: > > > > "You only need to enable this, if you also want to enable one or more of > > the PWM drivers below." > > > > Got it? :-) > > No, it doesn't add anything useful at all. Sorry, I think you misunderstood me and I didn't express my irony adequately - I was trying to be ironic, maybe even sarcastic here. But that's hard to convey in written form. > I know PWM is probably pulse width modulation, but why would my kernel > need to care about this ? Why would I need drivers for it ? > > Also, think about what happens with 'oldconfig'. You don't get to even > see 'the drivers below' until you've answered this question. > > It couldn't be more opaque if it tried. I agree with all you've said and you're preaching to the choir. Sorry that I didn't make my sarcasm more explicit. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris.