Re: [PATCH v3] staging: rts5208: Add more details to Kconfig help

Dan Carpenter
2024-01-19T06:34:41Z

On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 02:17:04PM -0500, Jacob Lott wrote:
> The current help text is short and triggers a
> warning from checkpatch.pl. This patch adds more
> details to the help text which should provide better
> information for whether or not to enable the driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Lott <jklott.git@gmail.com>
> ---
> v2 -> v3: Fixed spacing and newline in text

The commit message is still not line wrapped correctly at 72-75
characters. It should have been:

The current help text is short and triggers a warning from checkpatch.pl.
This patch adds more details to the help text which should provide better
information for whether or not to enable the driver.

Or:

The current help text is short and triggers a warning from
checkpatch.pl. This patch adds more details to the help text which
should provide better information for whether or not to enable the
driver.

> v1 -> v2: Corrected line spacing based off feedback
>
> drivers/staging/rts5208/Kconfig | 10 +++++++---
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rts5208/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/rts5208/Kconfig
> index b864023d3ccb..c4664a26ba3b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rts5208/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rts5208/Kconfig
> @@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ config RTS5208
> tristate "Realtek PCI-E Card Reader RTS5208/5288 support"
> depends on PCI && SCSI
> help
> - Say Y here to include driver code to support the Realtek
> - PCI-E card reader rts5208/rts5288.
> + Choose Y here to enable support for the Realtek PCI-E card reader
> + RTS5208/5288. This driver facilitates communication between the Linux
> + kernel and the Realtek PCI-E card reader.
>
> - If this driver is compiled as a module, it will be named rts5208.
> + If you opt to compile this driver as a module, it will be named rts5208.
> + Selecting N will exclude this driver from the kernel build. Choose option
> + Y if your system includes the Realtek PCI-E card reader rts5208/rts5288.
> + When in doubt, it is generally safe to select N.

In the original code there were three lines of help text.

1) Say Y here to include driver code to support the Realtek
2) PCI-E card reader rts5208/rts5288.
3) If this driver is compiled as a module, it will be named rts5208.

The minimum that checkpatch wants is 4 lines.

However, I feel like nothing you're adding here is useful information.
Some of it is just confusing like, "This driver facilitates
communication between the Linux kernel and the Realtek PCI-E card
reader." That line feels like information, but when you think about it,
it doesn't actually mean anything. The second paragraph is just
repeated information so it's kind of a waste of time.

Don't just obey checkpatch for the sake of obeying, if we can't think
of anything else useful to say then three lines is enough.

regards,
dan carpenter