[PATCH v2] common: add help text for CONFIG_STATE
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Wed Jun 8 23:09:23 PDT 2022
While we have extensive documentation for state, some sentences in the
kconfig are a good thing.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
v1 -> v2:
- remove reference to barebox TLV until that support is upstreamed.
---
common/Kconfig | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index f7a6a96e877c..3ff45d6c9d0d 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -1004,6 +1004,11 @@ config STATE
select ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES
select OFTREE
select PARAMETER
+ help
+ barebox state is a generic framework for atomic power fail-safe
+ variable storage and retrieval. It can be used to safely maintain
+ data over reboots and to exchange information with Linux, e.g.
+ for redundant boot with bootchooser.
config STATE_CRYPTO
bool "HMAC based authentication support"
--
2.30.2
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