Commit 06bfb7eb authored by Jan Engelhardt's avatar Jan Engelhardt Committed by Linus Torvalds

Add some help texts to recently-introduced kconfig items

Signed-off-by: default avatarJan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> (edited MACINTOSH_DRIVERS per Geert Uytterhoeven's remark)
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 9ef7ad22
...@@ -1228,6 +1228,11 @@ menuconfig INSTRUMENTATION ...@@ -1228,6 +1228,11 @@ menuconfig INSTRUMENTATION
bool "Instrumentation Support" bool "Instrumentation Support"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL depends on EXPERIMENTAL
default y default y
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options related to performance measurement,
debugging, and testing. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if INSTRUMENTATION if INSTRUMENTATION
......
...@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ menuconfig ATM_DRIVERS ...@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ menuconfig ATM_DRIVERS
bool "ATM drivers" bool "ATM drivers"
depends on NETDEVICES && ATM depends on NETDEVICES && ATM
default y default y
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for Asynchronous Transfer Mode
device drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if ATM_DRIVERS && NETDEVICES && ATM if ATM_DRIVERS && NETDEVICES && ATM
......
...@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ ...@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
menuconfig AUXDISPLAY menuconfig AUXDISPLAY
depends on PARPORT depends on PARPORT
bool "Auxiliary Display support" bool "Auxiliary Display support"
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for auxiliary display drivers.
This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if AUXDISPLAY && PARPORT if AUXDISPLAY && PARPORT
......
...@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ menuconfig BLK_DEV ...@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ menuconfig BLK_DEV
bool "Block devices" bool "Block devices"
depends on BLOCK depends on BLOCK
default y default y
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for various different block device
drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled;
only do this if you know what you are doing.
if BLK_DEV if BLK_DEV
......
...@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ ...@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
menuconfig CRYPTO_HW menuconfig CRYPTO_HW
bool "Hardware crypto devices" bool "Hardware crypto devices"
default y default y
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for hardware crypto devices and
processors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if CRYPTO_HW if CRYPTO_HW
......
...@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ menuconfig HID_SUPPORT ...@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ menuconfig HID_SUPPORT
bool "HID Devices" bool "HID Devices"
depends on INPUT depends on INPUT
default y default y
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for various computer-human interface
device drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if HID_SUPPORT if HID_SUPPORT
......
...@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION ...@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
bool "Virtualization" bool "Virtualization"
depends on X86 depends on X86
default y default y
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for virtualization guest drivers.
This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if VIRTUALIZATION if VIRTUALIZATION
......
...@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ menuconfig MACINTOSH_DRIVERS ...@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ menuconfig MACINTOSH_DRIVERS
bool "Macintosh device drivers" bool "Macintosh device drivers"
depends on PPC || MAC || X86 depends on PPC || MAC || X86
default y if (PPC_PMAC || MAC) default y if (PPC_PMAC || MAC)
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for devices used with Macintosh
computers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if MACINTOSH_DRIVERS if MACINTOSH_DRIVERS
......
...@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ ...@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
menuconfig MISC_DEVICES menuconfig MISC_DEVICES
bool "Misc devices" bool "Misc devices"
default y default y
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers from various
different categories. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if MISC_DEVICES if MISC_DEVICES
......
...@@ -1968,6 +1968,16 @@ menuconfig NETDEV_1000 ...@@ -1968,6 +1968,16 @@ menuconfig NETDEV_1000
bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)" bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
depends on !UML depends on !UML
default y default y
---help---
Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
This option alone does not add any kernel code.
Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed
under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if NETDEV_1000 if NETDEV_1000
...@@ -2339,6 +2349,11 @@ menuconfig NETDEV_10000 ...@@ -2339,6 +2349,11 @@ menuconfig NETDEV_10000
bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)" bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)"
depends on !UML depends on !UML
default y default y
---help---
Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
This option alone does not add any kernel code.
If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
if NETDEV_10000 if NETDEV_10000
......
...@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ menuconfig USB_SUPPORT ...@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ menuconfig USB_SUPPORT
bool "USB support" bool "USB support"
depends on HAS_IOMEM depends on HAS_IOMEM
default y default y
---help---
This option adds core support for Universal Serial Bus (USB).
You will also need drivers from the following menu to make use of it.
if USB_SUPPORT if USB_SUPPORT
......
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