Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for too short Kconfig descriptions

From: Tilman Schmidt
Date: Sat Mar 20 2010 - 09:31:36 EST


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Am 2010-03-20 03:32 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> I've seen various new Kconfigs with rather unhelpful one liner
> descriptions. Add a Kconfig warning for a minimum length of the
> Kconfig help section.

I don't think helpfulness can be enforced via line count.
A one-liner can be quite sufficient (eg. CRYPTO_MD4).
OTOH more lines can still leave important questions unanswered (eg.
CRYPTO_SALSA20_586 whose help text is identical to that of
CRYPTO_SALSA20, leaving you wondering when to choose one over the other).

Jm2c
Tilman

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