Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig

Paul Rolland
2007-09-15T13:00:57Z

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