[PATCH try #1] Kconfig: cleanup block/Kconfig.iosched help descriptions

2008-02-26 Thread Nick Andrew
ces under "Default I/O scheduler". It won't explain anything, but it's friendlier than saying nothing at all. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Questions: Why can't a module be chosen as the default scheduler? The elevator_get() function in block/elevator.c seems

[PATCH try #1] Kconfig: cleanup block/Kconfig.iosched help descriptions

2008-02-26 Thread Nick Andrew
scheduler. It won't explain anything, but it's friendlier than saying nothing at all. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Questions: Why can't a module be chosen as the default scheduler? The elevator_get() function in block/elevator.c seems to support it. Is it that the kernel won't

Re: [PATCH] More accessible usage of custom flags

2008-02-24 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 04:36:24AM -0500, Nicholas Marquez wrote: > Yes, I would like to expand them. If possibly, I'd like to take out > the individual config options for gcc flags and integrate them into > the help description. I feel that the redundancy would not only be > ugly, but possibly

Re: [PATCH] More accessible usage of custom flags

2008-02-24 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 04:36:24AM -0500, Nicholas Marquez wrote: Yes, I would like to expand them. If possibly, I'd like to take out the individual config options for gcc flags and integrate them into the help description. I feel that the redundancy would not only be ugly, but possibly

Re: [PATCH] More accessible usage of custom flags

2008-02-23 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 05:28:23PM -0500, Nicholas Marquez wrote: > First of all, thanks for the input! > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 04:28:50PM -0500, Nicholas Marquez wrote: > > There are a

[PATCH try #1] Kconfig: cleanup block/Kconfig help descriptions

2008-02-23 Thread Nick Andrew
a RAID or LVM. Improve terminology and grammar on BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE. I also added the boilerplate "If unsure, say N" to most options. Precisely say "2TB and larger" for LSF. Indent the help text for BLK_DEV_BSG by 2 spaces in accordance with the standard. Signed-off-by: Nick

Re: [PATCH] More accessible usage of custom flags

2008-02-23 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 04:28:50PM -0500, Nicholas Marquez wrote: > Does anyone else have any input on this? Tips, suggestions, ideas, > comments, constructive criticism, anything at all. I am, however, > trying to avoid a flame war. I missed it the first time you posted it, so thanks for

Re: [PATCH] More accessible usage of custom flags

2008-02-23 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 04:28:50PM -0500, Nicholas Marquez wrote: Does anyone else have any input on this? Tips, suggestions, ideas, comments, constructive criticism, anything at all. I am, however, trying to avoid a flame war. I missed it the first time you posted it, so thanks for

[PATCH try #1] Kconfig: cleanup block/Kconfig help descriptions

2008-02-23 Thread Nick Andrew
terminology and grammar on BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE. I also added the boilerplate If unsure, say N to most options. Precisely say 2TB and larger for LSF. Indent the help text for BLK_DEV_BSG by 2 spaces in accordance with the standard. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- I'm not sure why LSF

Re: [PATCH] More accessible usage of custom flags

2008-02-23 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 05:28:23PM -0500, Nicholas Marquez wrote: First of all, thanks for the input! On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 04:28:50PM -0500, Nicholas Marquez wrote: There are a few places in the Makefile where options

[PATCH spelling] Tighten up the use of loose

2008-02-22 Thread Nick Andrew
'Lose' is when you don't win or you've lost something, and 'loose' is when something isn't tight. I just want to tighten up the spelling a bit regarding some loose comments. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Yes, this is a digression. Documentation/ed

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - NAMESPACES

2008-02-22 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 04:14:12PM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Nick Andrew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > config UTS_NS > > bool "UTS namespace" > > depends on NAMESPACES > > help > > - In this namespace tasks see different info

[PATCH try #1] Kconfig: cleanup usr/Kconfig help descriptions

2008-02-22 Thread Nick Andrew
grammar on INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID and INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID and use consistent terminology. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- I think I might be starting to get the hang of this :-) usr/Kconfig | 51 +-- 1 files changed, 33 insertions(

[PATCH try #1] Kconfig: cleanup usr/Kconfig help descriptions

2008-02-22 Thread Nick Andrew
grammar on INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID and INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID and use consistent terminology. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- I think I might be starting to get the hang of this :-) usr/Kconfig | 51 +-- 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 18

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - NAMESPACES

2008-02-22 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 04:14:12PM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: Quoting Nick Andrew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): config UTS_NS bool UTS namespace depends on NAMESPACES help - In this namespace tasks see different info provided with the - uname() system call

[PATCH spelling] Tighten up the use of loose

2008-02-22 Thread Nick Andrew
'Lose' is when you don't win or you've lost something, and 'loose' is when something isn't tight. I just want to tighten up the spelling a bit regarding some loose comments. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Yes, this is a digression. Documentation/edac.txt

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 9/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - MODULES

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - MODULES - MODULE_UNLOAD - MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD - MODVERSIONS - MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL - KMOD Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 8/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - SLAB

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - SLUB_DEBUG - SLAB - SLUB - SLOB Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 7/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - EMBEDDED etc

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
- EVENTFD Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:36:28.0 +1100 @@ -495,10 +495,14 @@ menuconfig EMBEDDED bool "Configure standard kernel features (for sm

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 6/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - CGROUPS

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - CGROUPS - CGROUP_DEBUG - CPUSETS - GROUP_SCHED - CGROUP_SCHED - CGROUP_CPUACCT - SYSFS_DEPRECATED - CGROUP_MEM_CONT - PROC_PID_CPUSET Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EM

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 5/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - IKCONFIG etc

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - IKCONFIG - IKCONFIG_PROC - LOG_BUF_SHIFT - SYSFS_DEPRECATED - RELAY - BLK_DEV_INITRD Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 4/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - AUDIT

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - AUDIT - AUDITSYSCALL Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-21

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - NAMESPACES

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - NAMESPACES - UTS_NS - IPC_NS - USER_NS - PID_NS Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 1/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions part 1

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
- BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3 Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:35:08.0 +1100 @@ -20,33 +20,45 @@ menu "General setup" config EXPERIMENTAL bool "P

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 2/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - TASKSTATS

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - TASKSTATS - TASK_DELAY_ACCT - TASK_XACCT - TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 9/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - MODULES

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - MODULES - MODULE_UNLOAD - MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD - MODVERSIONS - MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL - KMOD Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 6/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - CGROUPS

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - CGROUPS - CGROUP_DEBUG - CPUSETS - GROUP_SCHED - CGROUP_SCHED - CGROUP_CPUACCT - SYSFS_DEPRECATED - CGROUP_MEM_CONT - PROC_PID_CPUSET Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 5/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - IKCONFIG etc

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - IKCONFIG - IKCONFIG_PROC - LOG_BUF_SHIFT - SYSFS_DEPRECATED - RELAY - BLK_DEV_INITRD Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - NAMESPACES

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - NAMESPACES - UTS_NS - IPC_NS - USER_NS - PID_NS Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 7/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - EMBEDDED etc

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
- EVENTFD Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:36:28.0 +1100 @@ -495,10 +495,14 @@ menuconfig EMBEDDED bool Configure standard kernel features (for small systems

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 4/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - AUDIT

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - AUDIT - AUDITSYSCALL Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-21 09:15

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 8/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - SLAB

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - SLUB_DEBUG - SLAB - SLUB - SLOB Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 1/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions part 1

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
- BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3 Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:35:08.0 +1100 @@ -20,33 +20,45 @@ menu General setup config EXPERIMENTAL bool Prompt for development

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 2/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - TASKSTATS

2008-02-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - TASKSTATS - TASK_DELAY_ACCT - TASK_XACCT - TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Try #3. --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] config: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - namespaces

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:50:34AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > thanks for all this work. > > Perhaps it would be better to have a Documentation/Namespaces/PID file > describing these semantics, and have the description read something > briefer like > > Pid namespaces provide

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 1/9] init: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions part 1

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
- BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3 Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Here's try #2 at the 1st patch in the series. Any comments? --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:35:08.0 +1100 @@ -20,33 +20,45 @@ menu "General set

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 4/9]

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:42:10PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:38:55 +1100, Nick Andrew said: > > + AVC refers to Access Vector Cache, a subsystem used by SELinux > > + to improve performance of the security checking by caching > >

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:55:07AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Nick Andrew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 06:04:57PM -0800, Paul Menage wrote: > > Maybe > Control Groups enable processes to be grouped into "cgroups" >

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] config: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - namespaces

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 03:23:05PM +0300, Pavel Emelyanov wrote: > > + This is used by container systems (i.e. vservers). > > + Tasks in the container are placed in the PID namespace > > + corresponding to the container, and can only see or > > + affect processes in the same PID

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:39:58AM -0600, Paul Jackson wrote: > I don't think /proc//cpuset (PROC_PID_CPUSET) is, or should be, > deprecated. Ok, I had just picked up on the "legacy" word in the option title and assumed that it meant deprecated. This is what I've got now: config

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] config: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - namespaces

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - NAMESPACES - UTS_NS - IPC_NS - USER_NS - PID_NS Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Here's try #2 at the 3rd patch in the series, for namespace descriptions. Pa

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:39:58AM -0600, Paul Jackson wrote: I don't think /proc/pid/cpuset (PROC_PID_CPUSET) is, or should be, deprecated. Ok, I had just picked up on the legacy word in the option title and assumed that it meant deprecated. This is what I've got now: config PROC_PID_CPUSET

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] config: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - namespaces

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - NAMESPACES - UTS_NS - IPC_NS - USER_NS - PID_NS Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Here's try #2 at the 3rd patch in the series, for namespace descriptions. Patching

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] config: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - namespaces

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 03:23:05PM +0300, Pavel Emelyanov wrote: + This is used by container systems (i.e. vservers). + Tasks in the container are placed in the PID namespace + corresponding to the container, and can only see or + affect processes in the same PID namespace.

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:55:07AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Nick Andrew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 06:04:57PM -0800, Paul Menage wrote: Maybe Control Groups enable processes to be grouped into cgroups to facilitate tracking and resource

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 4/9]

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:42:10PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:38:55 +1100, Nick Andrew said: + AVC refers to Access Vector Cache, a subsystem used by SELinux + to improve performance of the security checking by caching + previous access decisions

[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 1/9] init: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions part 1

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
- BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3 Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Here's try #2 at the 1st patch in the series. Any comments? --- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.0 +1100 +++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:35:08.0 +1100 @@ -20,33 +20,45 @@ menu General setup config

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] config: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - namespaces

2008-02-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:50:34AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks for all this work. Perhaps it would be better to have a Documentation/Namespaces/PID file describing these semantics, and have the description read something briefer like Pid namespaces provide filtered

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 06:04:57PM -0800, Paul Menage wrote: > On Feb 19, 2008 7:12 AM, Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > config CGROUPS > > [...] > > + When enabled, a new filesystem type "cgroup" is available > > + and can

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 3/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 08:44:20AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Yes, these patches should be made against the latest development > tree, not the stable tree. Thanks for the comments and advice, I'll make a new set of patches against Linus' tree and post them in when they are ready. Nick. -- PGP

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 9/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 9 > MODULES >

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 8/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 8 > SLUB_DEBUG >

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 7/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 7 > EMBEDDED >

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 6 > CGROUPS &g

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 3/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:42:07PM +0300, Pavel Emelyanov wrote: > Nick Andrew wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > >> Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > >> usefulness and consistency of the hel

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 5/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 5 > IKCONFIG >

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 4/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 4 > AUDIT > AU

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 3/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 3 > USER_NS >

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 1/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 1 > EXPERIMENTAL &g

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 0/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
SLOB Patch 9 MODULES MODULE_UNLOAD MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD MODVERSIONS MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL KMOD Changelog: Improve usefulness and consistency of kernel configuration help messages. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- PGP

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 2/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: > Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the > usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are > against linux-2.6.24.2. > [...] > Patch 2 > TASKSTATS >

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 0/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
SLOB Patch 9 MODULES MODULE_UNLOAD MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD MODVERSIONS MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL KMOD Changelog: Improve usefulness and consistency of kernel configuration help messages. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PGP Key ID

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 1/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 1 EXPERIMENTAL LOCALVERSION

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 4/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 4 AUDIT AUDITSYSCALL Changelog: Improve

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 3/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 3 USER_NS PID_NS Changelog: Improve

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 2/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 2 TASKSTATS TASK_DELAY_ACCT

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 3/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:42:07PM +0300, Pavel Emelyanov wrote: Nick Andrew wrote: On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 6 CGROUPS CGROUP_DEBUG CPUSETS

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 5/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 5 IKCONFIG IKCONFIG_PROC

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 7/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 7 EMBEDDED SYSCTL_SYSCALL KALLSYMS

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 8/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 8 SLUB_DEBUG SLAB SLUB SLOB

Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 9/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:09AM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote: Here is a series of 9 patches to init/Kconfig intended to improve the usefulness and consistency of the help descriptions. The patches are against linux-2.6.24.2. [...] Patch 9 MODULES MODULE_UNLOAD

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 3/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 08:44:20AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: Yes, these patches should be made against the latest development tree, not the stable tree. Thanks for the comments and advice, I'll make a new set of patches against Linus' tree and post them in when they are ready. Nick. -- PGP

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 06:04:57PM -0800, Paul Menage wrote: On Feb 19, 2008 7:12 AM, Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: config CGROUPS [...] + When enabled, a new filesystem type cgroup is available + and can be mounted to control cpusets. How about: ... cpusets

Trivial patch to Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt

2008-02-11 Thread Nick Andrew
The description of the interrupt routing doesn't match the (nice) diagram. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nick. --- a/Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt2007-10-10 06:31:38.0 +1000 +++ b/Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt2008-02-12 11:57:08.0 +1100 @@ -68,7

Trivial patch to Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt

2008-02-11 Thread Nick Andrew
The description of the interrupt routing doesn't match the (nice) diagram. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nick. --- a/Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt2007-10-10 06:31:38.0 +1000 +++ b/Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt2008-02-12 11:57:08.0 +1100 @@ -68,7 +68,7