Commit 866f64af authored by Pete Zaitcev's avatar Pete Zaitcev Committed by David S. Miller

[SPARC]: Kconfig help update.

parent 91fce280
...@@ -136,34 +136,20 @@ config SPARC32 ...@@ -136,34 +136,20 @@ config SPARC32
config ISA config ISA
bool bool
help help
Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the ISA is found on Espresso only and is not supported currently.
name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff Say N
inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
(MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
config EISA config EISA
bool bool
---help--- help
The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was EISA is not supported.
developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus. Say N
The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
Otherwise, say N.
config MCA config MCA
bool bool
help help
MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and EISA is not supported.
laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See Say N
<file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
config PCMCIA config PCMCIA
tristate tristate
...@@ -242,8 +228,8 @@ config SUN_PM ...@@ -242,8 +228,8 @@ config SUN_PM
config SUN4 config SUN4
bool "Support for SUN4 machines (disables SUN4[CDM] support)" bool "Support for SUN4 machines (disables SUN4[CDM] support)"
help help
Say Y here if, and only if, your machine is a Sun4. Note that Say Y here if, and only if, your machine is a sun4. Note that
a kernel compiled with this option will run only on Sun4. a kernel compiled with this option will run only on sun4.
(And the current version will probably work only on sun4/330.) (And the current version will probably work only on sun4/330.)
if !SUN4 if !SUN4
...@@ -251,15 +237,9 @@ if !SUN4 ...@@ -251,15 +237,9 @@ if !SUN4
config PCI config PCI
bool "Support for PCI and PS/2 keyboard/mouse" bool "Support for PCI and PS/2 keyboard/mouse"
help help
Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a CONFIG_PCI is needed for all JavaStation's (including MrCoffee),
bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside CP-1200, JavaEngine-1, Corona, Red October, and Serengeti SGSC.
your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or All of these platforms are extremely obscure, so say N if unsure.
VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
The PCI-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
information about which PCI hardware does work under Linux and which
doesn't.
source "drivers/pci/Kconfig" source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
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