From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Cc: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata-sff: trivial corrections to Kconfig help text
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 14:38:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C010AA8.8070004@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tkrat.67c3608aed9d86ad@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
On 05/29/2010 12:47 PM, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> ---
> drivers/ata/Kconfig | 6 +++---
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> index 73f8833..aa85a98 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> @@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ config ATA_BMDMA
> default y
> help
> This option adds support for SFF ATA controllers with BMDMA
> - capability. BMDMA stands for bus-master DMA and the
> - de-facto DMA interface for SFF controllers.
> + capability. BMDMA stands for bus-master DMA and is the
> + de facto DMA interface for SFF controllers.
>
> - If unuser, say Y.
> + If unsure, say Y.
>
> if ATA_BMDMA
>
>
> By the way, is there something that could be said in a few words in the
> help text when to enable that option and when not?
Hmmmm... maybe we can emphasize the 'if unsure, say Y' part?
> Or could that option even be hidden and 'select'ed by bus master DMA
> capable ATA SFF drivers?
I wanted to make the distinction clear so made the option explicit.
Opinions on whether that is actually a good idea would differ but at
the same time, I don't think this would cause any problem, would it?
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-29 12:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-29 10:47 [PATCH] libata-sff: trivial corrections to Kconfig help text Stefan Richter
2010-05-29 12:38 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2010-05-29 15:41 ` Stefan Richter
2010-05-30 8:46 ` Tejun Heo
2010-05-30 14:00 ` [PATCH] libata-sff: clarification and trivial correction to Kconfig text Stefan Richter
2010-05-30 15:05 ` Tejun Heo
2010-06-02 17:50 ` [PATCH] libata-sff: trivial corrections to Kconfig help text Jeff Garzik
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