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| author | Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> | 2012-10-02 11:16:15 -0700 |
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| committer | Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> | 2013-01-11 11:38:03 -0800 |
| commit | 0335cb469ad4ab3072a4246ceb0573483fcee5bf (patch) | |
| tree | 9dddc1aecd4a51820e293e57c6798a734ef640cd /Documentation/DocBook | |
| parent | 5a958db311c416345a61b7bddc62a5c6c7112c7f (diff) | |
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Documentation: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
The CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL config item has not carried much meaning for a
while now and is almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the
Linux kernel summit, remove it from any "depends on" lines in Kconfigs.
CC: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
CC: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
CC: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
CC: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
CC: Richard L Maliszewski <richard.l.maliszewski@intel.com>
CC: Gang Wei <gang.wei@intel.com>
CC: Shane Wang <shane.wang@intel.com>
CC: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 6 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl index eee71426ecb8..22e0bd1adf25 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl @@ -1185,13 +1185,6 @@ static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = { </para> <para> - You may well want to make your CONFIG option only visible if - <symbol>CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL</symbol> is enabled: this serves as a - warning to users. There many other fancy things you can do: see - the various <filename>Kconfig</filename> files for ideas. - </para> - - <para> In your description of the option, make sure you address both the expert user and the user who knows nothing about your feature. Mention incompatibilities and issues here. <emphasis> Definitely diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 4ee4ba3509fc..f77358f96930 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -94,10 +94,8 @@ <sect1 id="CompileKGDB"> <title>Kernel config options for kgdb</title> <para> - To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should first turn on - "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers" - (CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL) in "General setup", then under the - "Kernel debugging" select "KGDB: kernel debugger". + To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should look under + "Kernel debugging" and select "KGDB: kernel debugger". </para> <para> While it is not a hard requirement that you have symbols in your |