Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:54:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Stefan Richter Subject: ieee1394: more help in Kconfig - s/Device Drivers/Controllers/ - clarify who needs pcilynx - don't recommend Y for raw1394; M is typically used Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter --- drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) Index: foo/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig =================================================================== --- foo.orig/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig +++ foo/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ config IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG Say Y if you really want or need the debugging output, everyone else says N. -comment "Device Drivers" +comment "Controllers" depends on IEEE1394 comment "Texas Instruments PCILynx requires I2C" @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ config IEEE1394_PCILYNX To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be called pcilynx. + Only some old and now very rare PCI and CardBus cards and + PowerMacs G3 B&W contain the PCILynx controller. Therefore + almost everybody can say N here. + config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 tristate "OHCI-1394 support" depends on PCI && IEEE1394 @@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ config IEEE1394_OHCI1394 To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be called ohci1394. -comment "Protocol Drivers" +comment "Protocols" depends on IEEE1394 config IEEE1394_VIDEO1394 @@ -134,12 +138,12 @@ config IEEE1394_RAWIO tristate "Raw IEEE1394 I/O support" depends on IEEE1394 help - Say Y here if you want support for the raw device. This is generally - a good idea, so you should say Y here. The raw device enables - direct communication of user programs with the IEEE 1394 bus and - thus with the attached peripherals. + This option adds support for the raw1394 device file which enables + direct communication of user programs with the IEEE 1394 bus and thus + with the attached peripherals. Almost all application programs which + access FireWire require this option. - To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the - module will be called raw1394. + To compile this driver as a module, say M here: the module will be + called raw1394. endmenu