Nick Andrew wrote:
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency.
Kernel config options affected:
- IKCONFIG
- IKCONFIG_PROC
- LOG_BUF_SHIFT
These bits are Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Try #3.
--- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.000000000 +1100
+++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-22 09:15:48.000000000 +1100
@@ -241,20 +241,30 @@ config IKCONFIG
tristate "Kernel .config support"
---help---
This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file
- contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation
- of which kernel options are used in a running kernel or in an
- on-disk kernel. This information can be extracted from the kernel
- image file with the script scripts/extract-ikconfig and used as
- input to rebuild the current kernel or to build another kernel.
- It can also be extracted from a running kernel by reading
- /proc/config.gz if enabled (below).
+ contents to be saved in the kernel.
+
+ It provides documentation of which kernel options are used in
+ a running kernel or in an on-disk kernel. This information
+ can be extracted from the kernel image file with the script
+ "scripts/extract-ikconfig" and used as input to rebuild the
+ current kernel or to build another kernel.
+
+ It can also be extracted from a running kernel with
+ "zcat /proc/config.gz" if CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC is enabled
+ below.
+
+ Your kernel size will increase by around 14k.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
config IKCONFIG_PROC
bool "Enable access to .config through /proc/config.gz"
depends on IKCONFIG && PROC_FS
---help---
- This option enables access to the kernel configuration file
- through /proc/config.gz.
+ This option enables access to the configuration of the running
+ kernel through /proc/config.gz.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)"
@@ -264,14 +274,15 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
default 15 if SMP
default 14
help
- Select kernel log buffer size as a power of 2.
- Defaults and Examples:
+ Select the kernel log buffer size as a power of 2.
+
+ Defaults and examples:
17 => 128 KB for S/390
- 16 => 64 KB for x86 NUMAQ or IA-64
- 15 => 32 KB for SMP
- 14 => 16 KB for uniprocessor
- 13 => 8 KB
- 12 => 4 KB
+ 16 => 64 KB for x86 NUMAQ or IA-64
+ 15 => 32 KB for SMP
+ 14 => 16 KB for uniprocessor
+ 13 => 8 KB
+ 12 => 4 KB
config CGROUPS
bool "Control Group support"
--
~Randy
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