xserver_xorg-server: add more explanations about the two variants
authorThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Sun, 6 Jan 2013 11:29:19 +0000 (11:29 +0000)
committerPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:32:56 +0000 (22:32 +0100)
[Peter: adjust help text according to Arnout's comments]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/Config.in

index 053dd81503b37a0a30e7adae4fcdfb0ea0d3fd64..c192ef4d192507dfc203b2ef2c724aa23e982b26 100644 (file)
@@ -68,12 +68,23 @@ choice
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_MODULAR
        bool "Modular X.org"
        depends on BR2_LARGEFILE && BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+       help
+         This variant of the X.org server is the full-blown variant,
+         as used by desktop GNU/Linux distributions. The drivers (for
+         input and graphics) are built separately from the X.org
+         server (see the xdriver* packages).
 
-comment "X.org requires largefile and C++ support"
+comment "Modular X.org requires largefile and C++ support"
        depends on !(BR2_LARGEFILE && BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_KDRIVE
        bool "KDrive / TinyX"
+       help
+         This variant of the X.org server is a lightweight version
+         intended for embedded systems. The drivers (for input and
+         graphics) are built into the server. It is generally used
+         directly on top of the Linux framebuffer without DRM or
+         video card specific drivers.
 
 endchoice