Description should be updated

Description should be updated

[Danny Beaudoin]

Hi again!
In Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Console display driver support/VGA test 
console (NEW)
The description is the following:
"
Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a
display that complies with the generic VGA standard. Virtually
everyone wants that.

The program SVGATextMode can be used to utilize SVGA video cards to
their full potential in text mode. Download it from
<ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/>.

Say Y.
"
This is not an option anymore and there is no choice to be made, therefore 
the user doesn't have to/can't say Y. This should be only a description.

Thanks for last time, I hadn't realized that there was a misunderstanding on 
what I meant
and "Are you sure?  It makes sense to me the way it currently is..." made me 
think that you didn't see the use of having all 'x86' written all the same, 
with a lowercase x. :-)

Well, good job guys, keep it up!

Re: Description should be updated

[Randy.Dunlap]

Danny Beaudoin wrote:
> Hi again!
> In Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Console display driver support/VGA 
> test console (NEW)

drivers/video/console/Kconfig

> The description is the following:
> "
> Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a
> display that complies with the generic VGA standard. Virtually
> everyone wants that.
> 
> The program SVGATextMode can be used to utilize SVGA video cards to
> their full potential in text mode. Download it from
> <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/>.
> 
> Say Y.
> "
> This is not an option anymore and there is no choice to be made, 
> therefore the user doesn't have to/can't say Y. This should be only a 
> description.

It is an option if EMBEDDED is true or X86 is false.
For usual X86 it is forced to 'y'.
However, if you can suggest some better description,
that's OK too.

> Thanks for last time, I hadn't realized that there was a 
> misunderstanding on what I meant
> and "Are you sure?  It makes sense to me the way it currently is..." 
> made me think that you didn't see the use of having all 'x86' written 
> all the same, with a lowercase x. :-)
> 
> Well, good job guys, keep it up!


-- 
~Randy

Re: Description should be updated

[David Ford]

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Danny, attached is a patch you may like.

David

Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> Danny Beaudoin wrote:
>
>> Hi again!
>> In Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Console display driver support/VGA 
>> test console (NEW) 
>

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--- drivers/video/console/Kconfig~	2004-12-13 08:41:30.926219984 -0500
+++ drivers/video/console/Kconfig	2004-12-13 08:41:30.927219832 -0500
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
 	depends on !ARCH_ACORN && !ARCH_EBSA110 && !4xx && !8xx && !SPARC32 && !SPARC64 && !M68K && !PARISC
 	default y
 	help
-	  Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a
-	  display that complies with the generic VGA standard. Virtually
-	  everyone wants that.
+	  This is always enabled on X86 systems.  If your system is embedded
+	  or not X86 and you want to use Linux in text mode through a
+	  display that complies with the generic VGA standard, say Y here.
 
 	  The program SVGATextMode can be used to utilize SVGA video cards to
 	  their full potential in text mode. Download it from
 	  <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/>.
 
-	  Say Y.
+	  If unsure, say Y (default).
 
 #	if [ "$CONFIG_PCI" = "y" -a "$CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE" = "y" ]; then
 #	   bool '   Allow VGA on any bus?' CONFIG_VGA_HOSE