Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Kconfig text confusion: Battery Class Support? | From | Rusty Russell <> | Date | Sun, 06 May 2007 22:06:52 +1000 |
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Hi all,
I know writing decent Kconfig help entries is an obscure art, but can we please try harder to make the help, y'know, helpful? See below for my experience with 2.6.21-mm1.
How come the Kconfig help for EXTERNAL_POWER says "is mandatory for battery class support" and I still get prompted for "Battery class support" when I say N?
How come both these entries are of form "Foo (FOO)? -- Say Y here to enable foo."? Shouldn't we assume the reader knows what Y means?
How about:
Battery class support (BATTERY) [N/m/y/?] (NEW) ?
This allows battery monitoring by userspace via sysfs (if available) and/or APM kernel interface (if selected below). Say Y or M if building a kernel for a laptop.
I don't even understand the CONFIG_EXTERNAL_POWER enough to comment on that one 8(
Rusty. == * * External power support * External power kernel interface (EXTERNAL_POWER) [N/m/y/?] (NEW) ?
Say Y here to enable kernel external power detection interface, like AC or USB. Information also will exported to userspace via /sys/class/external_power/ directory.
This interface is mandatory for battery class support.
External power kernel interface (EXTERNAL_POWER) [N/m/y/?] (NEW) * * Battery devices * Battery class support (BATTERY) [N/m/y/?] (NEW) ?
Say Y here to enable battery class support. This allows battery monitoring by userspace via sysfs (if available) and/or APM kernel interface (if selected below).
Battery class support (BATTERY) [N/m/y/?]
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