From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753981Ab2GaTMp (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:12:45 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:5368 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752286Ab2GaTMm (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:12:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:43:13 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Borislav Petkov , Linux Kernel , Thierry Reding Subject: Re: awful kconfig help texts. Message-ID: <20120731184313.GA30493@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Borislav Petkov , Linux Kernel , Thierry Reding References: <20120731151600.GA19412@redhat.com> <20120731170741.GA4735@x1.osrc.amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120731170741.GA4735@x1.osrc.amd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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