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From: Nick Warne <nick@linicks.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Correct wording in config COMPILE_TEST
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:59:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130920195939.GA2353@sauron> (raw)

Hi All,

A small patch to correct English grammar usage.

Signed-off-by: Nick Warne <nick@linicks.net>


--- linux-3.12-rc1/init/Kconfig	2013-09-16 21:17:51.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-3.12-rc1/init/Kconfignew	2013-09-20 20:46:57.730316831 +0100
@@ -54,18 +54,19 @@
 	  directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
 
 config COMPILE_TEST
-	bool "Compile also drivers which will not load"
+	bool "Also build drivers which will not load on this platform"
 	default n
 	help
 	  Some drivers can be compiled on a different platform than they are
-	  intended to be run on. Despite they cannot be loaded there (or even
-	  when they load they cannot be used due to missing HW support),
-	  developers still, opposing to distributors, might want to build such
-	  drivers to compile-test them.
+	  intended to be run on. Despite the fact they cannot be loaded (or
+	  even when they load they cannot be used due to missing HW
+	  support etc.), developers, differing from distributors, may need 
+	  to build such drivers to compile-test them.
 
 	  If you are a developer and want to build everything available, say Y
 	  here. If you are a user/distributor, say N here to exclude useless
-	  drivers to be distributed.
+	  drivers to be distributed.  (P.S. no drivers are useless unless you
+	  need them for testing).
 
 config LOCALVERSION
 	string "Local version - append to kernel release"


Nick
-- 
http://linicks.net/

             reply	other threads:[~2013-09-20 20:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-20 19:59 Nick Warne [this message]
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2013-09-22 10:51   ` IGNORE_THIS " Nick Warne
2013-09-22 10:54   ` Borislav Petkov
2013-09-26 17:25   ` Samsung N145 Plus lid state issue on sleep Nick Warne
2013-09-28 21:14     ` Nick Warne
2013-10-03 17:07       ` Nick Warne
2013-09-24  7:19 ` Linux 3.12-rc2 Nick Warne

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