From: Paul Rolland <rol@as2917.net>
To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>,
Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
rol@witbe.net
Subject: Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:00:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070915130010.4272403c@tux.DEF.witbe.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46EB9703.70705@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Hello Stefan,
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:25:39 +0200
Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> Paul Rolland wrote:
> > getting too much of "No help text available"
> > usually results in people no more reading the help text.
>
> I assert that a Kconfig prompt (a visible Kconfig variable) _without_
> help text is a bug.
Here is an example from 2.6.34-rc6 :
.config - Linux Kernel v2.6.23-rc6 Configuration
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+------------------------- Provide RTC interrupt -------------------------+
| There is no help available for this kernel option. |
| Symbol: HPET_EMULATE_RTC [=y] |
| Prompt: Provide RTC interrupt |
| Defined at arch/x86_64/Kconfig:471 |
| Depends on: HPET_TIMER && RTC=y |
| Location: |
| -> Processor type and features |
Regards,
Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-15 13:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20070907124800.GP16806@vanheusden.com>
2007-09-08 16:07 ` sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig Andi Kleen
2007-09-08 16:50 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-09-08 16:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-09-08 18:13 ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-08 18:30 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-08 19:14 ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-08 19:32 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-09 21:00 ` James Bottomley
2007-09-09 21:03 ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-09 21:11 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-09 21:22 ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-09 21:39 ` James Bottomley
2007-09-10 6:38 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-10 12:43 ` Rene Herman
2007-09-11 20:16 ` Bauke Jan Douma
2007-09-12 22:46 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-14 14:54 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 15:15 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-14 15:37 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 16:01 ` [PATCH] SCSI: update Kconfig help text to indicate SCSI core's widespread usage Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 16:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-14 18:02 ` [RFC PATCH] SCSI: split Kconfig menu into two Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 18:04 ` [PATCH] SCSI: trailing whitespace in Kconfig Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 19:00 ` [RFC PATCH] SCSI: split Kconfig menu into two Sam Ravnborg
2007-09-14 19:06 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-14 20:01 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 11:40 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-15 12:24 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 12:50 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-15 13:20 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 13:53 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-15 14:11 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 14:43 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-15 15:27 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 15:44 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-15 16:23 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-15 16:52 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-09-15 19:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-15 20:54 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-09-16 20:12 ` Greg KH
2007-09-15 16:42 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-17 11:29 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2007-09-17 14:46 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 20:20 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 21:22 ` [PATCH update] " Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 18:54 ` [PATCH] SCSI: update Kconfig help text to indicate SCSI core's widespread usage Lennart Sorensen
2007-09-14 20:14 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 20:21 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-09-14 21:06 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 21:11 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-09-14 21:14 ` [PATCH update] " Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 22:02 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2007-09-15 6:16 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 10:52 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2007-09-15 12:30 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 12:53 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2007-09-15 12:59 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-15 13:19 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-14 16:16 ` sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig Adrian Bunk
2007-09-14 16:50 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 8:04 ` Paul Rolland
2007-09-15 8:25 ` Stefan Richter
2007-09-15 13:00 ` Paul Rolland [this message]
2007-09-15 18:23 ` david
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