From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751749AbXDUSzA (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:55:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751747AbXDUSzA (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:55:00 -0400 Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:37151 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751698AbXDUSy7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:54:59 -0400 X-Envelope-From: stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:54:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Stefan Richter Subject: [PATCH] ieee1394: more help in Kconfig To: linux1394-devel cc: linux-kernel Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-Disposition: INLINE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org - s/Device Drivers/Controllers/ - clarify who needs pcilynx - don't recommend Y for raw1394; M is typically used Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter --- drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) Index: linux/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig +++ linux/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG Say Y if you really want or need the debugging output, everyone else says N. -comment "Device Drivers" +comment "Controllers" depends on IEEE1394 comment "Texas Instruments PCILynx requires I2C" @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ config IEEE1394_PCILYNX To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be called pcilynx. + Only some old and now very rare PCI and CardBus cards and + PowerMacs G3 B&W contain the PCILynx controller. Therefore + almost everybody can say N here. + config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 tristate "OHCI-1394 support" depends on PCI && IEEE1394 @@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be called ohci1394. -comment "Protocol Drivers" +comment "Protocols" depends on IEEE1394 config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 @@ -136,12 +140,12 @@ config IEEE1394_RAWIO tristate "Raw IEEE1394 I/O support" depends on IEEE1394 help - Say Y here if you want support for the raw device. This is generally - a good idea, so you should say Y here. The raw device enables - direct communication of user programs with the IEEE 1394 bus and - thus with the attached peripherals. + This option adds support for the raw1394 device file which enables + direct communication of user programs with the IEEE 1394 bus and thus + with the attached peripherals. Almost all application programs which + access FireWire require this option. - To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the - module will be called raw1394. + To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be + called raw1394. endmenu -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== -=-- =-=-= http://arcgraph.de/sr/