Proposed Kconfig update patch for help text
John Whitney
jwhitney-linuxppc at sands-edge.com
Thu Apr 1 08:42:40 EST 2004
A couple of trivial changes for the processor choice help text to make
it a bit clearer.
John
--- Kconfig.orig 2004-03-31 17:25:53.000000000 -0500
+++ Kconfig 2004-03-31 17:38:57.000000000 -0500
@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@
default 6xx
config 6xx
- bool "6xx/7xx/74xx/8260"
+ bool "6xx/7xx/74xx/82xx"
help
- There are four types of PowerPC chips supported. The more common
+ There are four types of PowerPC chips supported: the more common
types (601, 603, 604, 740, 750, 7400), the Motorola embedded
- versions (821, 823, 850, 855, 860, 8260), the IBM embedded
versions
+ versions (821, 823, 850, 855, 860, 82xx), the IBM embedded
versions
(403 and 405) and the high end 64 bit Power processors (POWER 3,
- POWER4, and IBM 970 also known as G5)
+ POWER4, and IBM 970 also known as G5).
+
Unless you are building a kernel for one of the embedded processor
systems, 64 bit IBM RS/6000 or an Apple G5, choose 6xx.
Note that the kernel runs in 32-bit mode even on 64-bit chips.
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