From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 19:32:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46489D48.2040405@s5r6.in-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0705141918180.9570@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On May 13 2007 20:19, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
...
>> Ethernet (1000 Mbit) (NETDEV_1000) [Y/n] (NEW)
>> Ethernet (10000 Mbit) (NETDEV_10000) [Y/n] (NEW)
>>
>> Those for the latter three could/should say something like the
>> one for the WLAN_80211 option.
>
> "Patches welcome" ;-)
>
> As for NETDEV_1000 and _10000, I really wonder if we need anymore
> help text than the option. I do not know what the minimum level
> of user knowledge is that kconfig help texts need to support,
> but maybe you can tell?
The text "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)" _doesn't_ tell me that this option
"does not affect the kernel build, it only lets [me] choose drivers".
The "patches welcome" is quite appropriate. On the other hand, visible
Kconfig options without help text should almost never be allowed to go
in in the first place, IMO.
--
Stefan Richter
-=====-=-=== -=-= -===-
http://arcgraph.de/sr/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-14 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-13 3:20 Linus Torvalds
2007-05-13 9:20 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-17 6:55 ` Len Brown
2007-05-13 9:29 ` Linux 2.6.22-rc1, 'nother randconfig Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH] driver core: fix warning of temporarily unused multithreaded probing function (was: Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1) Borislav Petkov
2007-05-14 8:06 ` Cornelia Huck
2007-05-13 12:44 ` Linux 2.6.22-rc1 Alessandro Suardi
2007-05-13 12:44 ` Indan Zupancic
2007-05-13 17:10 ` Antonino Ingargiola
2007-05-13 17:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-05-13 18:50 ` Antonino Ingargiola
2007-05-14 6:10 ` Jean Delvare
2007-05-14 8:34 ` Antonino Ingargiola
2007-05-14 12:14 ` Jean Delvare
2007-05-14 13:28 ` Antonino Ingargiola
2007-05-14 15:21 ` Jean Delvare
2007-05-14 16:04 ` Antonino Ingargiola
2007-05-14 16:23 ` Michal Piotrowski
2007-05-14 18:08 ` Jean Delvare
2007-05-14 18:25 ` Antonino Ingargiola
2007-05-14 16:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-05-14 18:24 ` Jean Delvare
2007-05-14 18:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-05-14 19:28 ` Jean Delvare
2007-05-14 19:53 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-14 20:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-05-14 20:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-05-14 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-05-15 20:31 ` CONFIG_BREAK_MY_MACHINE was " Pavel Machek
2007-05-16 18:11 ` CONFIG_BREAK_MY_MACHINE Jean Delvare
2007-05-17 8:32 ` CONFIG_BREAK_MY_MACHINE Hans de Goede
2007-05-17 8:47 ` CONFIG_BREAK_MY_MACHINE Pavel Machek
2007-05-13 18:19 ` Linux 2.6.22-rc1 Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-13 23:20 ` David Miller
2007-05-13 23:32 ` Roland Dreier
2007-05-13 23:57 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-14 4:37 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-05-14 4:53 ` David Miller
2007-05-14 6:21 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-14 17:21 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-14 17:32 ` Stefan Richter [this message]
2007-05-14 20:27 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-14 18:01 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-14 20:33 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-14 21:40 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-14 22:09 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-15 3:02 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-15 8:08 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-14 21:54 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-15 2:34 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-15 2:42 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-15 6:05 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-15 6:01 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-15 8:16 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-16 1:52 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-16 6:29 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-16 9:56 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-15 10:43 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-16 1:39 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-16 9:14 ` Tilman Schmidt
2007-05-16 9:17 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-15 5:35 ` Michael Gerdau
2007-05-13 20:51 ` 2.6.22-rc1: loop.c Alexey Dobriyan
2007-05-14 3:52 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-05-13 22:53 ` Linux 2.6.22-rc1 Jeff Chua
2007-05-14 1:08 ` andrew hendry
2007-05-14 7:49 ` V4L Regression (Was: Linux 2.6.22-rc1) Robert Fitzsimons
2007-05-14 11:44 ` Linux 2.6.22-rc1, 'nother randconfig David Howells
2007-05-14 17:23 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-15 9:26 ` David Howells
2007-05-15 9:40 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-15 4:14 ` Linux 2.6.22-rc1 andrew hendry
2007-05-15 4:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-05-15 5:10 ` andrew hendry
2007-05-15 15:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-05-15 22:50 ` andrew hendry
2007-05-13 6:00 Jeff Chua
2007-05-13 6:13 ` Jeff Chua
2007-05-13 8:04 ` Jan Engelhardt
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