From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] [PATCH] 2.4.3-ac14 remove three IA-64 related orphans from Configure.help
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 22:51:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590693005508@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590693005460@msgid-missing>
On Tue, 1 May 2001 08:49:10 -0700,
"Chris McDermott" <mcdermoc@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>Actually, CONFIG_ITANIUM_PTCG is still required if you have systems with
>Itanium
>processor steppings less than B3. I still have some of these and I'm sure
>there are
>quite a few others out there who still do as well.
Configure.help is designed for humans to query what an option does
while they are configuring the system. CONFIG_ITANIUM_PTCG is a
derived setting, humans have no direct control over it and it never
appears on a config menu. Help text is not required for derived config
settings and is discouraged.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-01 22:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-25 14:54 [Linux-ia64] [PATCH] 2.4.3-ac14 remove three IA-64 related orphans from Configure.help Steven Cole
2001-05-01 15:49 ` [Linux-ia64] [PATCH] 2.4.3-ac14 remove three IA-64 related orphans from Chris McDermott
2001-05-01 16:41 ` [Linux-ia64] [PATCH] 2.4.3-ac14 remove three IA-64 related or McCaffity, Ray
2001-05-01 16:56 ` Hall, Jenna S
2001-05-01 17:02 ` [Linux-ia64] [PATCH] 2.4.3-ac14 remove three IA-64 related or phans from Configure.help Michael Madore
2001-05-01 17:23 ` [Linux-ia64] [PATCH] 2.4.3-ac14 remove three IA-64 related orphans " Steven Cole
2001-05-01 18:05 ` [Linux-ia64] [PATCH] 2.4.3-ac14 remove three IA-64 related orphans from Chris McDermott
2001-05-01 22:51 ` Keith Owens [this message]
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