Re: [PATCH] [MIPS] create consistency in "system type" selection

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Tue, 9 May 2006, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> The "system type" Kconfig options on MIPS are not consistent.  For
> some platforms, only the name is listed while other entries are
> prepended with "Support for".  Remove this as it doesn't make sense
> when describing the "system type".  This is in line with how e.g.
> ARM handles this.

I guess the `Support for' prefix came from the era you could compile one kernel
that supported multiple systems.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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