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SubjectRe: awful kconfig help texts.
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 07:07:41PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:16:00AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> > PWM Support (PWM) [N/y/?] (NEW) ?
> >
> > CONFIG_PWM:
> >
> > This enables PWM support through the generic PWM framework.
> >
> >
> > Well that's.. enlightening.
>
> Oh, there's one more enlightening sentence in the help:
>
> "You only need to enable this, if you also want to enable one or more of
> the PWM drivers below."
>
> Got it? :-)

No, it doesn't add anything useful at all.

I know PWM is probably pulse width modulation, but why would my kernel
need to care about this ? Why would I need drivers for it ?

Also, think about what happens with 'oldconfig'. You don't get to even
see 'the drivers below' until you've answered this question.

It couldn't be more opaque if it tried.

Dave



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