* KConfig help text not shown in 2.6.0-test5 @ 2003-09-13 13:19 Nick Piggin 2003-09-13 15:26 ` Roman Zippel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Nick Piggin @ 2003-09-13 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel In 2.6.0-test5, the help text for choice options (eg. processor type, highmem) is not shown in either menuconfig or oldconfig. It does work in gconfig, however. Don't know when it last worked. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: KConfig help text not shown in 2.6.0-test5 2003-09-13 13:19 KConfig help text not shown in 2.6.0-test5 Nick Piggin @ 2003-09-13 15:26 ` Roman Zippel 2003-09-14 12:28 ` Nick Piggin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Roman Zippel @ 2003-09-13 15:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Nick Piggin; +Cc: linux-kernel Hi, On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Nick Piggin wrote: > In 2.6.0-test5, the help text for choice options (eg. processor type, > highmem) is not shown in either menuconfig or oldconfig. It does work > in gconfig, however. Don't know when it last worked. Try the patch below, the main help should be with the choice. This patch is only an example, someone else should verify the correct wording. BTW you can reach the individual help within 'make config' by appending a '?' to the number (e.g. '1?'). bye, Roman --- l/arch/i386/Kconfig 8 Sep 2003 21:15:30 -0000 1.1.1.4 +++ l/arch/i386/Kconfig 13 Sep 2003 00:05:51 -0000 @@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ config ES7000_CLUSTERED_APIC choice prompt "Processor family" default M686 - -config M386 - bool "386" ---help--- This is the processor type of your CPU. This information is used for optimizing purposes. In order to compile a kernel that can run on @@ -166,6 +163,12 @@ config M386 If you don't know what to do, choose "386". +config M386 + bool "386" + help + Select this for a 386 series processor, either Intel or one of the + compatible processors. + config M486 bool "486" help @@ -643,9 +646,6 @@ config EDD choice prompt "High Memory Support" default NOHIGHMEM - -config NOHIGHMEM - bool "off" ---help--- Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems. However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4 @@ -678,7 +678,13 @@ config NOHIGHMEM your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) - If unsure, say "off". + If unsure, select "off". + + +config NOHIGHMEM + bool "off" + help + Select this if you want turn off High Memory Support. config HIGHMEM4G bool "4GB" ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: KConfig help text not shown in 2.6.0-test5 2003-09-13 15:26 ` Roman Zippel @ 2003-09-14 12:28 ` Nick Piggin 2003-09-14 14:28 ` Roman Zippel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Nick Piggin @ 2003-09-14 12:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Roman Zippel; +Cc: linux-kernel Roman Zippel wrote: >Hi, > >On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Nick Piggin wrote: > > >>In 2.6.0-test5, the help text for choice options (eg. processor type, >>highmem) is not shown in either menuconfig or oldconfig. It does work >>in gconfig, however. Don't know when it last worked. >> > >Try the patch below, the main help should be with the choice. This patch >is only an example, someone else should verify the correct wording. >BTW you can reach the individual help within 'make config' by appending a >'?' to the number (e.g. '1?'). > What I am seeing is the help text for the whole choice thingy is used as the help text for the individual choices. This patch doesn't fix that. How is it supposed to work? I assume you tried it and saw what it was doing, so am I just mistaken in how I think it should work? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: KConfig help text not shown in 2.6.0-test5 2003-09-14 12:28 ` Nick Piggin @ 2003-09-14 14:28 ` Roman Zippel 2003-09-14 23:50 ` Nick Piggin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Roman Zippel @ 2003-09-14 14:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Nick Piggin; +Cc: linux-kernel Hi, On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Nick Piggin wrote: > >BTW you can reach the individual help within 'make config' by appending a > >'?' to the number (e.g. '1?'). > > What I am seeing is the help text for the whole choice thingy is used as > the help text for the individual choices. This patch doesn't fix that. > How is it supposed to work? I assume you tried it and saw what it was > doing, so am I just mistaken in how I think it should work? Yes, it works here, what exactly did you try? bye, Roman ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: KConfig help text not shown in 2.6.0-test5 2003-09-14 14:28 ` Roman Zippel @ 2003-09-14 23:50 ` Nick Piggin 2003-09-15 19:32 ` Roman Zippel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Nick Piggin @ 2003-09-14 23:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Roman Zippel; +Cc: linux-kernel Roman Zippel wrote: >Hi, > >On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Nick Piggin wrote: > > >>>BTW you can reach the individual help within 'make config' by appending a >>>'?' to the number (e.g. '1?'). >>> >>What I am seeing is the help text for the whole choice thingy is used as >>the help text for the individual choices. This patch doesn't fix that. >>How is it supposed to work? I assume you tried it and saw what it was >>doing, so am I just mistaken in how I think it should work? >> > >Yes, it works here, what exactly did you try? > I got a clean 2.6.0-test5 kernel tree, applied your patch, ran make oldconfig menuconfig, entered "processor type and features", move over "processor family" and select help. That works fine. Enter "processor family" and select help for "Pentium-4" and the same help text comes up. I just thought you should see the individual help text for that item. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: KConfig help text not shown in 2.6.0-test5 2003-09-14 23:50 ` Nick Piggin @ 2003-09-15 19:32 ` Roman Zippel 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Roman Zippel @ 2003-09-15 19:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Nick Piggin; +Cc: linux-kernel Hi, On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Nick Piggin wrote: > I got a clean 2.6.0-test5 kernel tree, applied your patch, ran make > oldconfig menuconfig, entered "processor type and features", move over > "processor family" and select help. That works fine. Enter "processor > family" and select help for "Pentium-4" and the same help text comes up. > I just thought you should see the individual help text for that item. I didn't mention menuconfig. :) I got patches to fix this, but I haven't integrated them yet. bye, Roman ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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