From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de>
Subject: Re: awful kconfig help texts.
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:43:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120731184313.GA30493@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120731170741.GA4735@x1.osrc.amd.com>
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 07:07:41PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:16:00AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> > PWM Support (PWM) [N/y/?] (NEW) ?
> >
> > CONFIG_PWM:
> >
> > This enables PWM support through the generic PWM framework.
> >
> >
> > Well that's.. enlightening.
>
> Oh, there's one more enlightening sentence in the help:
>
> "You only need to enable this, if you also want to enable one or more of
> the PWM drivers below."
>
> Got it? :-)
No, it doesn't add anything useful at all.
I know PWM is probably pulse width modulation, but why would my kernel
need to care about this ? Why would I need drivers for it ?
Also, think about what happens with 'oldconfig'. You don't get to even
see 'the drivers below' until you've answered this question.
It couldn't be more opaque if it tried.
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-31 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-31 15:16 awful kconfig help texts Dave Jones
2012-07-31 17:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-07-31 17:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2012-07-31 17:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-01 7:47 ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-01 8:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-01 9:21 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2012-08-01 9:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-01 9:38 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2012-08-01 10:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-01 10:56 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2012-08-01 12:46 ` Steven Rostedt
2012-08-01 13:18 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2012-08-07 18:25 ` Mark Brown
2012-07-31 18:43 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2012-07-31 22:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-01 7:43 ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-01 9:28 ` Jan Engelhardt
2012-08-16 9:54 ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-16 11:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-16 12:05 ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-17 6:11 ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-17 7:00 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-17 7:19 ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-20 2:34 ` Cam Hutchison
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