From: Alexandra Winter <wintera@linux.ibm.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] [net-next] dibs: Improve DIBS prompts and help texts
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 12:17:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e8c23b15-e3c3-4f4c-8d5e-d459985181ed@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9093259c43e5d1996965d1522562444419196a19.1778838921.git.geert+renesas@glider.be>
On 15.05.26 11:56, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The Kconfig prompts for the DIBS options read:
>
> DIBS support (DIBS) [N/m/y/?]
> intra-OS shortcut with dibs loopback (DIBS_LO) [N/y/?]
>
> Clarify the DIBS prompt by expanding the acronym.
> Capitalize the first character of the DIBS_LO prompt.
> While at it, join the first two lines of the DIBS help text into a real
> sentence.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> ---
> v2:
> - Drop changing dibs to all caps, which was completely wrong for the
> module name,
> - Target "net-next" instead of "net".
> ---
> drivers/dibs/Kconfig | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dibs/Kconfig b/drivers/dibs/Kconfig
> index 5dc347b9b2350667..8f41e562210044df 100644
> --- a/drivers/dibs/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/dibs/Kconfig
> @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> config DIBS
> - tristate "DIBS support"
> + tristate "Direct Internal Buffer Sharing support"
> default n
> help
> - Direct Internal Buffer Sharing (DIBS)
> - A communication method that uses common physical (internal) memory
> - for synchronous direct access into a remote buffer.
> + Direct Internal Buffer Sharing (DIBS) is a communication method that
> + uses common physical (internal) memory for synchronous direct access
> + into a remote buffer.
>
> Select this option to provide the abstraction layer between
> dibs devices and dibs clients like the SMC protocol.
> The module name is dibs.
>
> config DIBS_LO
> - bool "intra-OS shortcut with dibs loopback"
> + bool "Intra-OS shortcut with dibs loopback"
> depends on DIBS
> default n
> help
Thank you Geert
Reviewed-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@linux.ibm.com>
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2026-05-15 9:56 [PATCH v2] [net-next] dibs: Improve DIBS prompts and help texts Geert Uytterhoeven
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