Re: Kconfig -- kill "if you want to read about modules, see" crap?

[Måns Rullgård]

Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> writes:

> Each and every input driver (and other drivers are not better)
> contains this
>
> 	  This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
> 	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
> 	  The module will be called input. If you want to compile it as a
> 	  module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.
>
> text. Perhaps having 1000 copies of same help test is bad idea? Maybe
> CONFIG_MODULE can explain users what modules are, and we can have help
> texts that are actually usefull?

I agree, but it would be nice to show the name of the module in the
help text.  These are not always obvious.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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