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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:00:27 -0800
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] move PREEMPT_RCU config option back under PREEMPT
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On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 03:06:32AM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 
> > > > -	bool "Classic RCU"
> > > > +	def_bool !PREEMPT_RCU
> > > >  	help
> > > >  	  This option selects the classic RCU implementation that is
> > > >  	  designed for best read-side performance on non-realtime
> > > > -	  systems.
> > > > -
> > > > -	  Say Y if you are unsure.
> > > > -
> > > 
> > > You can get rid of the "help" part since it isn't visible to users.
> > 
> > So how about if I replace it with comment lines (starting with "#",
> > not with "comment")?
> 
> Actually xconfig can display this text, so using the help like this is 
> fine.

Cool, I will stick with the "help" clause, then.

							Thanx, Paul