[PATCH] powerpc: Clarify wording for CRASH_DUMP Kconfig option

Michael Ellerman michael at ellerman.id.au
Fri Mar 10 15:01:08 EST 2006


The wording of the CRASH_DUMP Kconfig option is not very clear. It gives you a
kernel that can be used _as_ the kdump kernel, not a kernel that can boot into
a kdump kernel.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael at ellerman.id.au>
---

 arch/powerpc/Kconfig |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: to-merge/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- to-merge.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ to-merge/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ config KEXEC
 	  strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
 
 config CRASH_DUMP
-	bool "kernel crash dumps (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	bool "Build a kdump crash kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC64 && EXPERIMENTAL
 	help
 	  Build a kernel suitable for use as a kdump capture kernel.



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