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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig index 4bad0614109b..cc4bea773ded 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ menuconfig IPMI_HANDLER depends on HAS_IOMEM select IPMI_DMI_DECODE if DMI help - This enables the central IPMI message handler, required for IPMI + This enables the central IPMI message handler, required for IPMI to work. - IPMI is a standard for managing sensors (temperature, - voltage, etc.) in a system. + IPMI is a standard for managing sensors (temperature, + voltage, etc.) in a system. - See <file:Documentation/IPMI.txt> for more details on the driver. + See <file:Documentation/IPMI.txt> for more details on the driver. If unsure, say N. @@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ config IPMI_PANIC_STRING config IPMI_DEVICE_INTERFACE tristate 'Device interface for IPMI' help - This provides an IOCTL interface to the IPMI message handler so + This provides an IOCTL interface to the IPMI message handler so userland processes may use IPMI. It supports poll() and select(). config IPMI_SI tristate 'IPMI System Interface handler' select IPMI_PLAT_DATA help - Provides a driver for System Interfaces (KCS, SMIC, BT). + Provides a driver for System Interfaces (KCS, SMIC, BT). Currently, only KCS and SMIC are supported. If you are using IPMI, you should probably say "y" here. @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ config IPMI_SSIF tristate 'IPMI SMBus handler (SSIF)' select I2C help - Provides a driver for a SMBus interface to a BMC, meaning that you + Provides a driver for a SMBus interface to a BMC, meaning that you have a driver that must be accessed over an I2C bus instead of a standard interface. This module requires I2C support. @@ -79,17 +79,17 @@ config IPMI_POWERNV depends on PPC_POWERNV tristate 'POWERNV (OPAL firmware) IPMI interface' help - Provides a driver for OPAL firmware-based IPMI interfaces. + Provides a driver for OPAL firmware-based IPMI interfaces. config IPMI_WATCHDOG tristate 'IPMI Watchdog Timer' help - This enables the IPMI watchdog timer. + This enables the IPMI watchdog timer. config IPMI_POWEROFF tristate 'IPMI Poweroff' help - This enables a function to power off the system with IPMI if + This enables a function to power off the system with IPMI if the IPMI management controller is capable of this. endif # IPMI_HANDLER |