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From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kconfig -- kill "if you want to read about modules, see" crap?
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:35:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xekzsqpv3.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20030811132127.GA2596@elf.ucw.cz

Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> writes:

> Each and every input driver (and other drivers are not better)
> contains this
>
> 	  This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
> 	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
> 	  The module will be called input. If you want to compile it as a
> 	  module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.
>
> text. Perhaps having 1000 copies of same help test is bad idea? Maybe
> CONFIG_MODULE can explain users what modules are, and we can have help
> texts that are actually usefull?

I agree, but it would be nice to show the name of the module in the
help text.  These are not always obvious.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@users.sf.net


  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-11 13:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-11 13:21 Kconfig -- kill "if you want to read about modules, see" crap? Pavel Machek
2003-08-11 13:35 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2003-08-11 21:36   ` Jim Carter
2003-08-11 22:10     ` Mike Fedyk
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-08-11 14:00 John Bradford
2003-08-11 18:14 ` Steven Cole
2003-08-11 18:24   ` Dave Jones
2003-08-11 18:57     ` Steven Cole

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