On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:09:37 +0100 Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Very sorry for long distance between my previous post and this... > > > > I wrote a patch to add HAVE_READQ and HAVE_WRITEQ to each architecture's Kconfig file > > which have readq() and writeq(). > > > > But there is problem. > > I wrote helps for HAVE_READQ and HAVE_WRITEQ in Kconfig file > > accodring to the advice by Russell King ( http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122701161824218&w=2 ), > > but these helps are invisible when I doing menuconfig. > > (when type '/' and search readq string, HAVE_READQ found, but > > help string is not printed...) > > > > Do you have some nice technique that make these helps visible easily? > > The options are not visible in menuconfig and therefore the is not > much point in displaying help for them thre when you search for the symbol. > But the help contained in the KConfig file is fully justified as it is > now documented why/when to select these options. > > Sam Signed-off-by: Hitoshi Mitake <h.mitake@xxxxxxxxx> description of the patch: Adding HAVE_READQ, HAVE_WRITEQ and their help texts to each architecture's Kconfig file which have readq() and writeq(). --- arch/mips/Kconfig | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 600eef3..44aeeff 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -2132,3 +2132,21 @@ source "security/Kconfig" source "crypto/Kconfig" source "lib/Kconfig" + +config HAVE_READQ + def_bool y + help + This is a sign to represent that this architecture provides + readq() function. readq() is a function to read 8 bytes from + I/O space. Each drivers use readq() must depend on this symbol. + Because lots of little private readq() implementations + all over the tree is sucks. + +config HAVE_WRITEQ + def_bool y + help + This is a sign to represent that this architecture provides + writeq() function. writeq() is a function to read 8 bytes from + I/O space. Each drivers use writeq() must depend on this symbol. + Because lots of little private writeq() implementations + all over the tree is sucks. -- 1.6.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
