Commit abf9164a authored by Christoph Hellwig's avatar Christoph Hellwig Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] clean up subarchitecture selection

shorter and/or more descriptive choice names, add a full (tho still
commented out entry) for the visw, based on the 2.4 Configure.help
entry.
parent f846aa92
...@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ choice ...@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ choice
default PC default PC
config PC config PC
bool PC bool "IBM PC (and compatible)"
help help
Choose this option if your computer is a standard PC or compatible. Choose this option if your computer is a standard PC or compatible.
config VOYAGER config VOYAGER
bool "NCR Voyager Architecture" bool "NCR Voyager"
---help--- help
Voyager is a MCA based 32 way capable SMP architecture proprietary Voyager is a MCA based 32 way capable SMP architecture proprietary
to NCR Corp. Machine classes 345x/35xx/4100/51xx are voyager based. to NCR Corp. Machine classes 345x/35xx/4100/51xx are voyager based.
...@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ config VOYAGER ...@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ config VOYAGER
say N here otherwise the kernel you build will not be bootable. say N here otherwise the kernel you build will not be bootable.
config X86_NUMAQ config X86_NUMAQ
bool "Multiquad (IBM/Sequent) NUMAQ support" bool "IBM/Sequent NUMAQ"
help help
This option is used for getting Linux to run on a (IBM/Sequent) NUMA This option is used for getting Linux to run on a (IBM/Sequent) NUMA
multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are bootstrapped, multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are bootstrapped,
...@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ config X86_NUMAQ ...@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ config X86_NUMAQ
email to Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com email to Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com
config X86_SUMMIT config X86_SUMMIT
bool "IBM x440 (Summit/EXA) support" bool "IBM x440 (Summit/EXA)"
help help
This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset. This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
In particular, it is needed for the x440. In particular, it is needed for the x440.
...@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ config X86_SUMMIT ...@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ config X86_SUMMIT
# Visual Workstation support is utterly broken. # Visual Workstation support is utterly broken.
# If you want to see it working mail an VW540 to hch@infradead.org 8) # If you want to see it working mail an VW540 to hch@infradead.org 8)
#bool 'SGI Visual Workstation support' CONFIG_VISWS #config X86_VISWS
# bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
# help
# The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
# based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
#
# Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
#
# A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will not run on PCs
# and vice versa. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
endchoice endchoice
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