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
This commit is contained in:
Hauke Mehrtens 2014-09-13 20:27:25 +00:00
parent 40dde1ca67
commit bdeda10f1c
4 changed files with 85 additions and 80 deletions

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@ -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"

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@ -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.

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@ -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

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@ -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