Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <[email protected]>
---
 common/Kconfig | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index b350f5c355fa..c62c70fb27eb 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -874,6 +874,13 @@ config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW
        select NET_CMD_IFUP if NET
        select CMD_IP_ROUTE_GET if NET
        select CMD_HOST if NET
+       help
+         With this option barebox will use the files found under
+         defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/ in the source tree as a template for
+         the defaultenv. The directories specified in DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+         will be added to the default environment. If a file is present in
+         both locations, the file from DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH will overwrite
+         that from the template.
 
 config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC
        bool "Generic environment template (old version)"
@@ -887,9 +894,12 @@ config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC
        select CMD_CRC_CMP
        select CMD_GLOBAL
        help
-         With this option barebox will use the generic default
-         environment found under defaultenv/ in the src tree.
-         The Directory given with DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+         Note: this option is not recommended for new boards; use
+         DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW instead.
+
+         With this option barebox will use the old generic default environment
+         found under defaultenv/defaultenv-1/ in the source tree.
+         The directory given with DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
          will be added to the default environment. This should
          at least contain a /env/config file.
          This will be able to overwrite the files from defaultenv.
@@ -899,21 +909,27 @@ config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW_MENU
        depends on DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW
        depends on CMD_MENUTREE
        default y
+       help
+         Extend the defaultenv template with a menu that is displayed at boot.
+         The menu files are taken from defaultenv/defaultenv-2-menu/.
 
 config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW_DFU
        bool
        depends on DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW
        depends on USB_GADGET_DFU
        default y
+       help
+         Extend the defaultenv template with the 'dfu' boot entry, which
+         allows uploading the kernel and oftree over USB via the dfu protocol.
 
 config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
        string
        depends on DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT
        prompt "Default environment path"
        help
-         Space separated list of paths the default environment will be taken 
from.
-         Relative paths will be relative to the barebox Toplevel dir, but 
absolute
-         paths are fine as well.
+         Space separated list of paths from which the default environment will
+         be taken. Relative paths will be relative to the barebox top-level
+         directory, but absolute paths are fine as well.
 
 config BAREBOXENV_TARGET
        bool
-- 
2.30.0


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