[RFC PATCH 3/5] CELL bogus_console port to hvc_console backend driver

Ryan Arnold rsa at us.ibm.com
Thu Dec 8 02:54:59 EST 2005


On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 11:27 -0600, Milton Miller wrote:

> > +config HVC_DRIVER
> > +	bool "PowerPC virtual console front-end support"
> > +	depends on PPC_PSERIES || PPC_BPA || PPC_RTAS
> > +	help
> > +	  Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console  
> > front-end
> > +	  module for their backend console driver should select this option.
> > +	  It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console  
> > drivers
> > +	  is selected.
> > +
> 
> Lets just keep this hidden -- so take out depends (its all generic code)
> and just say bool (without any quoted text).  The help text could then
> be made more generic.

Good idea, I wasn't aware that a Kconfig option can remain hidden.

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Ryan Arnold <rsa at us.ibm.com>
IBM Linux Technology Center




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