From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: update Kconfig help texts (no functional changes) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:40:30 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <20090219195548.20757.53184.stgit@bob.kio> <20090219195621.20757.83135.stgit@bob.kio> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173001pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.1]:52860 "EHLO vms173001pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753524AbZBSUkx (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:40:53 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([96.237.168.40]) by vms173001.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KFB00776YRLB8XP@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:40:39 -0600 (CST) In-reply-to: <20090219195621.20757.83135.stgit@bob.kio> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org > drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 148 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig > index 8a851d0..7a3f52c 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig > @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ menuconfig ACPI > select PNP > select CPU_IDLE > default y > - ---help--- > + help > Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) support for > - Linux requires an ACPI compliant platform (hardware/firmware), > + Linux requires an ACPI-compliant platform (hardware/firmware), > and assumes the presence of OS-directed configuration and power > management (OSPM) software. This option will enlarge your > kernel by about 70K. > @@ -23,20 +23,18 @@ menuconfig ACPI > the Plug-and-Play BIOS specification (PnP BIOS), the > MultiProcessor Specification (MPS), and the Advanced Power > Management (APM) specification. If both ACPI and APM support > - are configured, whichever is loaded first shall be used. > + are configured, ACPI is used. > > - The ACPI SourceForge project contains the latest source code, > - documentation, tools, mailing list subscription, and other > - information. This project is available at: > - > + The mailing list for ACPI in Linux is here: > + per MAINTAINERS, the project home page is http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/ Probably sufficient to just point there... > Linux support for ACPI is based on Intel Corporation's ACPI > Component Architecture (ACPI CA). For more information see: > ACPICA's home page moved here: http://acpica.org/ > - ACPI is an open industry specification co-developed by Compaq, > - Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba. The specification is > - available at: > + ACPI is an open industry specification co-developed by > + Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba. > + The specification is available at: > ... > config ACPI_VIDEO > tristate "Video" > @@ -141,38 +149,48 @@ config ACPI_VIDEO > depends on INPUT > select THERMAL > help > - This driver implement the ACPI Extensions For Display Adapters > + This driver implements the ACPI Extensions For Display Adapters > for integrated graphics devices on motherboard, as specified in > - ACPI 2.0 Specification, Appendix B, allowing to perform some basic > - control like defining the video POST device, retrieving EDID information > - or to setup a video output, etc. > - Note that this is an ref. implementation only. It may or may not work > - for your integrated video device. > + ACPI 2.0 Specification, Appendix B. This supports basic operations > + such as defining the video POST device, retrieving EDID information, > + and setting up a video output. > + > + Note that this is an reference implementation only. It may not > + work for your integrated video device. we can probably strike the two lines above entirely. It should work for everything that implements the spec, and it is a bug if it does not. > + > + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: > + the module will be called video. > thanks, Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center