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From: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>
To: trivial@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>,
Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>,
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>,
Paul Menage <menage@google.com>, Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>,
Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 5/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - IKCONFIG etc
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:54:07 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080222-114832-init-kconfig-5@tull.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080219140609.GA26619@tull.net>
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency.
Kernel config options affected:
- IKCONFIG
- IKCONFIG_PROC
- LOG_BUF_SHIFT
- SYSFS_DEPRECATED
- RELAY
- BLK_DEV_INITRD
Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>
---
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"
@@ -402,11 +413,14 @@ config PROC_PID_CPUSET
config RELAY
bool "Kernel->user space relay support (formerly relayfs)"
help
- This option enables support for relay interface support in
+ This option enables support for the relay interface in
certain file systems (such as debugfs).
+
It is designed to provide an efficient mechanism for tools and
facilities to relay large amounts of data from kernel space to
- user space.
+ userspace.
+
+ See <file:Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt> for more information.
If unsure, say N.
@@ -457,17 +471,24 @@ config BLK_DEV_INITRD
bool "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support"
depends on BROKEN || !FRV
help
+ Enable use of an initial RAM filesystem or RAM disk at boot
+ time.
+
The initial RAM filesystem is a ramfs which is loaded by the
- boot loader (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root
+ boot loader (loadlin, lilo, grub) and is mounted as root
before the normal boot procedure. It is typically used to
load modules needed to mount the "real" root file system,
- etc. See <file:Documentation/initrd.txt> for details.
+ etc.
+
+ For more information, see:
+ <file:Documentation/initrd.txt>
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt>
If RAM disk support (BLK_DEV_RAM) is also included, this
also enables initial RAM disk (initrd) support and adds
15 Kbytes (more on some other architectures) to the kernel size.
- If unsure say Y.
+ If unsure, say Y.
if BLK_DEV_INITRD
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-22 0:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-19 14:06 Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 0/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:09 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 1/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:11 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 2/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:33 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 3/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:42 ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-02-19 15:10 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:16 ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-02-19 15:50 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-02-19 16:44 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-02-19 22:41 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 12:19 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] config: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - namespaces Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 12:23 ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-02-20 13:01 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 13:07 ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-02-20 16:50 ` serge
2008-02-20 23:10 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:38 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 4/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 3:42 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-02-20 22:17 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:53 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 5/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 20:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-02-19 15:12 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:39 ` Paul Jackson
2008-02-20 12:41 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 16:43 ` Paul Jackson
2008-02-20 2:04 ` Paul Menage
2008-02-20 2:54 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 3:12 ` Paul Menage
2008-02-20 16:55 ` serge
2008-02-20 21:31 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:15 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 7/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:21 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 8/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:27 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 9/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 22:33 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 1/9] init: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions part 1 Nick Andrew
[not found] ` <200802220014.m1M0Dh5r022354@rgminet03.oracle.com>
2008-02-22 0:19 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 5/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - IKCONFIG etc Randy Dunlap
2008-02-22 0:48 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 1/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions part 1 Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:49 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 2/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - TASKSTATS Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:51 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - NAMESPACES Nick Andrew
2008-02-27 23:00 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-27 23:08 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-02-22 0:52 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 4/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - AUDIT Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:54 ` Nick Andrew [this message]
2008-02-22 0:55 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 6/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - CGROUPS Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:56 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 7/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - EMBEDDED etc Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:58 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 8/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - SLAB Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:59 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 9/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - MODULES Nick Andrew
[not found] ` <200802220010.m1M0Arr7024044@vzorg.swsoft.net>
2008-02-22 8:14 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - NAMESPACES Pavel Emelyanov
[not found] ` <200802220010.m1M0Auqn024414@e5.ny.us.ibm.com>
2008-02-22 22:14 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-02-23 1:12 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-23 3:45 ` Serge E. Hallyn
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