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authorHauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>2014-09-13 20:27:25 +0000
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Kconfig: Various typo/grammar/line-length fixes in Config*.in files
Non-functional changes to config/Config-*.in files, including: * spelling mistakes * inconsistent terminology * grammar * overly long lines in "help" components Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> SVN-Revision: 42519
Diffstat (limited to 'config')
-rw-r--r--config/Config-build.in78
-rw-r--r--config/Config-devel.in22
-rw-r--r--config/Config-images.in34
-rw-r--r--config/Config-kernel.in31
4 files changed, 85 insertions, 80 deletions
diff --git a/config/Config-build.in b/config/Config-build.in
index 02fe136791..89cf964a8e 100644
--- a/config/Config-build.in
+++ b/config/Config-build.in
@@ -20,23 +20,25 @@ menu "Global build settings"
default y
bool "Compile with support for patented functionality"
help
- When this option is disabled, software which provides patented functionality will not be built.
- In case software provides optional support for patented functionality,
- this optional support will get disabled for this package.
+ When this option is disabled, software which provides patented functionality
+ will not be built. In case software provides optional support for patented
+ functionality, this optional support will get disabled for this package.
config BUILD_NLS
default n
bool "Compile with full language support"
help
- When this option is enabled, packages are built with the full versions of iconv and GNU gettext
- instead of the default OpenWrt stubs. If uClibc is used, it is also built with locale support.
+ When this option is enabled, packages are built with the full versions of
+ iconv and GNU gettext instead of the default OpenWrt stubs. If uClibc is
+ used, it is also built with locale support.
config BUILD_STATIC_TOOLS
default n
bool "Attempt to link host utilities statically"
help
- Linking host utilities like sed or firmware-utils statically increases the portability of the
- generated ImageBuilder and SDK tarballs, however it may fail on some Linux distributions.
+ Linking host utilities like sed or firmware-utils statically increases the
+ portability of the generated ImageBuilder and SDK tarballs; however, it may
+ fail on some Linux distributions.
config SHADOW_PASSWORDS
bool
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ menu "Global build settings"
prompt "Remove ipkg/opkg status data files in final images"
default n
help
- This removes all ipkg/opkg status data files from the target directory before building the root fs
+ This removes all ipkg/opkg status data files from the target directory
+ before building the root filesystem.
config COLLECT_KERNEL_DEBUG
bool
@@ -59,7 +62,8 @@ menu "Global build settings"
default n
help
This collects debugging symbols from the kernel and all compiled modules.
- Useful for release builds, so that kernel issues can be debugged offline later.
+ Useful for release builds, so that kernel issues can be debugged offline
+ later.
comment "Kernel build options"
@@ -72,24 +76,24 @@ menu "Global build settings"
prompt "Compile packages with debugging info"
default n
help
- Adds -g3 to the CFLAGS
+ Adds -g3 to the CFLAGS.
config IPV6
bool
prompt "Enable IPv6 support in packages"
default y
help
- Enable IPV6 support in packages (passes --enable-ipv6 to configure scripts).
+ Enable IPv6 support in packages (passes --enable-ipv6 to configure scripts).
config PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL
bool
prompt "Compile certain packages parallelized"
default y
help
- This adds a -jX option to certain packages that are known to
- behave well for parallel build. By default the package make processes
- use the main jobserver, in which case this option only takes effect
- when you add -jX to the make command.
+ This adds a -jX option to certain packages that are known to behave well
+ for parallel build. By default, the package make processes use the main
+ jobserver, in which case this option only takes effect when you add -jX
+ to the make command.
If you are unsure, select N.
@@ -98,9 +102,9 @@ menu "Global build settings"
prompt "Enable gcc format-security"
default n
help
- Add -Wformat -Werror=format-security to the CFLAGS
- You can disable this per package by adding
- PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY:=0 in the package Makefile
+ Add -Wformat -Werror=format-security to the CFLAGS. You can disable
+ this per package by adding PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY:=0 in the package
+ Makefile.
config PKG_BUILD_USE_JOBSERVER
bool
@@ -109,16 +113,15 @@ menu "Global build settings"
default y
help
This passes the main make process jobserver fds to package builds,
- enabling full parallelization across different packages
+ enabling full parallelization across different packages.
Note that disabling this may overcommit CPU resources depending on the
- -j level of the main make process, the number of package
- submake jobs selected below and the number of actual CPUs present.
+ -j level of the main make process, the number of package submake jobs
+ selected below and the number of actual CPUs present.
Example: If the main make is passed a -j4 and the submake -j
is also set to 4, we may end up with 16 parallel make processes
in the worst case.
-
config PKG_BUILD_JOBS
int
prompt "Number of package submake jobs (2-512)"
@@ -137,12 +140,12 @@ menu "Global build settings"
help
Always set the default package build rules to parallel build.
- WARNING: This may break build or kill your cat, as it builds
- packages with multiple jobs that are probably not tested in
- a parallel build environment.
+ WARNING: This may break build or kill your cat, as it builds packages
+ with multiple jobs that are probably not tested in a parallel build
+ environment.
- Only say Y, if you don't mind fixing broken packages.
- Before reporting build bugs, set this to N and re-run the build.
+ Only say Y if you don't mind fixing broken packages. Before reporting
+ build bugs, set this to N and re-run the build.
comment "Stripping options"
@@ -157,12 +160,13 @@ menu "Global build settings"
config NO_STRIP
bool "none"
help
- This will install unstripped binaries (useful for native compiling/debugging)
+ This will install unstripped binaries (useful for native
+ compiling/debugging).
config USE_STRIP
bool "strip"
help
- This will install binaries stripped using strip from binutils
+ This will install binaries stripped using strip from binutils.
config USE_SSTRIP
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ menu "Global build settings"
depends on !USE_GLIBC
depends on !USE_EGLIBC
help
- This will install binaries stripped using sstrip
+ This will install binaries stripped using sstrip.
endchoice
config STRIP_ARGS
@@ -181,22 +185,22 @@ menu "Global build settings"
default "--strip-unneeded --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note" if DEBUG
default "--strip-all"
help
- Specifies arguments passed to the strip command when stripping binaries
+ Specifies arguments passed to the strip command when stripping binaries.
config STRIP_KERNEL_EXPORTS
bool "Strip unnecessary exports from the kernel image"
help
- Reduces kernel size by stripping unused kernel exports from the kernel image
- Note that this might make the kernel incompatible with any kernel modules that
- were not selected at the time the kernel image was created
+ Reduces kernel size by stripping unused kernel exports from the kernel
+ image. Note that this might make the kernel incompatible with any kernel
+ modules that were not selected at the time the kernel image was created.
config USE_MKLIBS
bool "Strip unnecessary functions from libraries"
help
Reduces libraries to only those functions that are necessary for using all
- selected packages (including those selected as <M>)
- Note that this will make the system libraries incompatible with most of the packages
- that are not selected during the build process
+ selected packages (including those selected as <M>). Note that this will
+ make the system libraries incompatible with most of the packages that are
+ not selected during the build process.
choice
prompt "Preferred standard C++ library"
diff --git a/config/Config-devel.in b/config/Config-devel.in
index 09311751b4..4d8d46b201 100644
--- a/config/Config-devel.in
+++ b/config/Config-devel.in
@@ -28,26 +28,27 @@ menuconfig DEVEL
bool "Automatic rebuild of packages" if DEVEL
default y
help
- Automatically rebuild packages when their files change
+ Automatically rebuild packages when their files change.
config BUILD_SUFFIX
string "Build suffix to append to the BUILD_DIR variable" if DEVEL
default ""
help
- Build suffix to append to the BUILD_DIR variable, i.e: build_dir_suffix
+ Build suffix to append to the BUILD_DIR variable, i.e: build_dir_suffix.
config TARGET_ROOTFS_DIR
string "Override the default TARGET_ROOTFS_DIR variable" if DEVEL
default ""
help
- Override the default TARGET_ROOTFS_DIR variable content $(BUILD_DIR) with custom path.
- Use this option to re-define the location of the target root file system directory.
+ Override the default TARGET_ROOTFS_DIR variable content $(BUILD_DIR) with
+ custom path. Use this option to re-define the location of the target
+ root filesystem directory.
config CCACHE
bool "Use ccache" if DEVEL
default n
help
- Compiler cache; see http://ccache.samba.org/
+ Compiler cache; see http://ccache.samba.org/.
config EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TREE
string "Use external kernel tree" if DEVEL
@@ -59,8 +60,7 @@ menuconfig DEVEL
help
Enter the full git repository path i.e.:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
- This will create a git clone of the kernel in your build
- directory.
+ This will create a git clone of the kernel in your build directory.
config KERNEL_GIT_LOCAL_REPOSITORY
string "Enter path to local reference repository" if DEVEL
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ menuconfig DEVEL
default ""
help
Enter a full pathname to a local reference git repository.
- In this instance, the --refererence option of git clone will
+ In this instance, the --reference option of git clone will
be used thus creating a quick local clone of your repo.
config KERNEL_GIT_BRANCH
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ menuconfig DEVEL
config BUILD_LOG
bool "Enable log files during build process" if DEVEL
help
- If enabled log files will be written to the ./log directory
+ If enabled, log files will be written to the ./log directory.
config SRC_TREE_OVERRIDE
bool "Enable package source tree override" if DEVEL
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ menuconfig DEVEL
If enabled, you can force a package to use a git tree as source
code instead of the normal tarball. Create a symlink 'git-src'
in the package directory, pointing to the .git tree that you want
- to pull the source code from
+ to pull the source code from.
config EXTRA_OPTIMIZATION
string "Additional compiler options" if DEVEL
default "-fno-caller-saves"
help
- Extra Target-independent optimizations to use when building for the target.
+ Extra target-independent optimizations to use when building for the target.
diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index 39e51e4c6e..eca2d75b01 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
bool "ramdisk"
default y if USES_INITRAMFS
help
- Embed the rootfs into the kernel (initramfs)
+ Embed the root filesystem into the kernel (initramfs).
choice
prompt "Compression"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
prompt "Use external cpio" if TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS
default ""
help
- Kernel uses specified external cpio as INITRAMFS_SOURCE
+ Kernel uses specified external cpio as INITRAMFS_SOURCE.
comment "Root filesystem archives"
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ menu "Target Images"
bool "cpio.gz"
default y if USES_CPIOGZ
help
- Build a compressed cpio archive of the the root filesystem
+ Build a compressed cpio archive of the root filesystem.
config TARGET_ROOTFS_TARGZ
bool "tar.gz"
default y if USES_TARGZ
help
- Build a compressed tar archive of the the root filesystem
+ Build a compressed tar archive of the root filesystem.
comment "Root filesystem images"
@@ -70,28 +70,28 @@ menu "Target Images"
bool "ext4"
default y if USES_EXT4
help
- Build a ext4 root filesystem
+ Build an ext4 root filesystem.
config TARGET_EXT4_MAXINODE
int "Maximum number of inodes in root filesystem"
depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS
default 6000
help
- Allows you to change the maximum number of inodes in the root filesystem
+ Select the maximum number of inodes in the root filesystem.
config TARGET_EXT4_RESERVED_PCT
int "Percentage of reserved blocks in root filesystem"
depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS
default 0
help
- Allows you to change the percentage of reserved blocks in the root filesystem
+ Select the percentage of reserved blocks in the root filesystem.
choice
prompt "Root filesystem block size"
default TARGET_EXT4_BLOCKSIZE_4K
depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS
help
- Allows you to change the block size of the root filesystem
+ Select the block size of the root filesystem.
config TARGET_EXT4_BLOCKSIZE_4K
bool "4k"
@@ -115,33 +115,33 @@ menu "Target Images"
depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS
default n
help
- Create an ext4 filesystem with a journal
+ Create an ext4 filesystem with a journal.
config TARGET_ROOTFS_ISO
bool "iso"
default n
depends on TARGET_x86_generic
help
- Create some bootable ISO image
+ Create a bootable ISO image.
config TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2
bool "jffs2"
default y if USES_JFFS2
help
- Build a jffs2 root filesystem
+ Build a JFFS2 root filesystem.
config TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2_NAND
bool "jffs2 for NAND"
default y if USES_JFFS2_NAND
depends on USES_JFFS2_NAND
help
- Build a jffs2 root filesystem for NAND flash
+ Build a JFFS2 root filesystem for NAND flash.
menuconfig TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS
bool "squashfs"
default y if USES_SQUASHFS
help
- Build a squashfs-lzma root filesystem
+ Build a squashfs-lzma root filesystem.
config TARGET_SQUASHFS_BLOCK_SIZE
int "Block size (in KiB)"
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
default y if USES_UBIFS
depends on USES_UBIFS
help
- Build a ubifs root filesystem
+ Build a UBIFS root filesystem.
choice
prompt "compression"
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
bool "free space fixup" if TARGET_ROOTFS_UBIFS
default y
help
- The file-system free space has to be fixed up on first mount
+ The filesystem free space has to be fixed up on first mount.
config TARGET_UBIFS_JOURNAL_SIZE
string
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
depends on GRUB_IMAGES || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS || TARGET_rb532
default 48
help
- Allows you to change the root filesystem partition size
+ Select the root filesystem partition size.
config TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTNAME
string "Root partition on target device"
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_UBIFS || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS
default n
help
- Include the kernel image in the rootfs. Typically the image is placed
+ Include the kernel image in the rootfs. Typically, the image is placed
below /boot.
config TARGET_ROOTFS_INCLUDE_UIMAGE
diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index 53bdc26eef..51cc31f515 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ config KERNEL_SWAP
default y
config KERNEL_DEBUG_FS
- bool "Compile the kernel with Debug FileSystem enabled"
+ bool "Compile the kernel with debug filesystem enabled"
default y
help
debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put
debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and
- write to these files.
+ write to these files. Many common debugging facilities, such as
+ ftrace, require the existence of debugfs.
config KERNEL_PERF_EVENTS
bool
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ config KERNEL_KALLSYMS
bool "Compile the kernel with symbol table information"
default y
help
- This will give you more information in stack traces from kernel oopses
+ This will give you more information in stack traces from kernel oopses.
config KERNEL_FTRACE
bool "Compile the kernel with tracing support"
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ config KERNEL_DEBUG_LL
depends on arm
select KERNEL_DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE
help
- ARM low level debugging
+ ARM low level debugging.
config KERNEL_DYNAMIC_DEBUG
bool "Compile the kernel with dynamic printk"
@@ -100,9 +101,8 @@ config KERNEL_EARLY_PRINTK
select KERNEL_DEBUG_KERNEL
select KERNEL_DEBUG_LL if arm
help
- Compile the kernel with early printk support.
- This is only useful for debugging purposes to send messages
- over the serial console in early boot.
+ Compile the kernel with early printk support. This is only useful for
+ debugging purposes to send messages over the serial console in early boot.
Enable this to debug early boot problems.
config KERNEL_AIO
@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
usage tracking struct at boot. Total amount of this is printed out
at boot.
- Only enable when you're ok with these trade offs and really
+ Only enable when you're ok with these tradeoffs and really
sure you need the memory resource controller. Even when you enable
this, you can set "cgroup_disable=memory" at your boot option to
- disable memory resource controller and you can avoid overheads.
- (and lose benefits of memory resource controller)
+ disable memory resource controller and you can avoid overheads
+ (but lose benefits of memory resource controller).
This config option also selects MM_OWNER config option, which
could in turn add some fork/exit overhead.
@@ -282,8 +282,9 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
which want to enable the feature but keep it disabled by default
and let the user enable it by swapaccount boot command line
parameter should have this option unselected.
- For those who want to have the feature enabled by default should
- select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it
+
+ Those who want to have the feature enabled by default should
+ select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it,
then swapaccount=0 does the trick).
@@ -395,14 +396,14 @@ if KERNEL_NAMESPACES
bool "UTS namespace"
default y
help
- In this namespace tasks see different info provided
- with the uname() system call
+ In this namespace, tasks see different info provided
+ with the uname() system call.
config KERNEL_IPC_NS
bool "IPC namespace"
default y
help
- In this namespace tasks work with IPC ids which correspond to
+ In this namespace, tasks work with IPC ids which correspond to
different IPC objects in different namespaces.
config KERNEL_USER_NS