Config.in.arch: add help and less cryptic names to architecture menu
authorAlvaro G. M <alvaro.gamez@hazent.com>
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:56:06 +0000 (22:56 +0100)
committerPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:29:31 +0000 (14:29 +0100)
[Peter: fixup s/big-endian/big endian/ as pointed out by Thomas]
Signed-off-by: Alvaro G. M <alvaro.gamez@hazent.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
target/Config.in.arch

index 17e0236a900b441c29a062e37a665acfb65642ac..a2c0037b0a80224048c6fa04dc95919abf745222 100644 (file)
@@ -8,40 +8,126 @@ choice
          Select the target architecture family to build for.
 
 config BR2_arm
-       bool "arm"
+       bool "ARM (little endian)"
+       help
+         ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction
+         set architecture (ISA) developed by ARM Holdings. Little endian.
+         http://www.arm.com/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM
+
 config BR2_armeb
-       bool "armeb"
+       bool "ARM (big endian)"
+       help
+         ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction
+         set architecture (ISA) developed by ARM Holdings. Big endian.
+         http://www.arm.com/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM
+
 config BR2_avr32
-       bool "avr32"
+       bool "AVR32"
        select BR2_SOFT_FLOAT
+       help
+         The AVR32 is a 32-bit RISC microprocessor architecture designed by
+         Atmel.
+         http://www.atmel.com/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avr32
+
 config BR2_bfin
-       bool "bfin"
+       bool "Blackfin"
+       help
+         The Blackfin is a family of 16 or 32-bit microprocessors developed,
+         manufactured and marketed by Analog Devices.
+         http://www.analog.com/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfin
+
 config BR2_i386
        bool "i386"
+       help
+         Intel i386 architecture compatible microprocessor
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I386
+
 config BR2_m68k
        bool "m68k"
        depends on BROKEN # ice in uclibc / inet_ntoa_r
+       help
+         Motorola 68000 family microprocessor
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M68k
+
 config BR2_microblazeel
-       bool "Microblaze AXI (little-endian)"
+       bool "Microblaze AXI (little endian)"
+       help
+         Soft processor core designed for Xilinx FPGAs from Xilinx. AXI bus
+         based architecture (little endian)
+         http://www.xilinx.com
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblaze
+
 config BR2_microblazebe
-       bool "Microblaze non-AXI (big-endian)"
+       bool "Microblaze non-AXI (big endian)"
+       help
+         Soft processor core designed for Xilinx FPGAs from Xilinx. PLB bus
+         based architecture (non-AXI, big endian)
+         http://www.xilinx.com
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblaze
+
 config BR2_mips
-       bool "mips"
+       bool "MIPS (big endian)"
+       help
+         MIPS is a RISC microprocessor from MIPS Technologies. Big endian.
+         http://www.mips.com/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_Technologies
+
 config BR2_mipsel
-       bool "mipsel"
+       bool "MIPS (little endian)"
+       help
+         MIPS is a RISC microprocessor from MIPS Technologies. Little endian.
+         http://www.mips.com/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_Technologies
+
 config BR2_powerpc
-       bool "powerpc"
+       bool "PowerPC"
+       help
+         PowerPC is a RISC architecture created by Apple-IBM-Motorola alliance.
+         http://www.power.org/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerpc
+
 config BR2_sh
-       bool "superh"
+       bool "SuperH"
+       help
+         SuperH (or SH) is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC)
+         instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hitachi.
+         http://www.hitachi.com/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperH
+
 config BR2_sh64
-       bool "superh64"
+       bool "SuperH64"
+       help
+         SuperH64 (or SH) is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC)
+         instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hitachi.
+         http://www.hitachi.com/
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperH
+
 config BR2_sparc
-       bool "sparc"
+       bool "SPARC"
+       help
+         SPARC (from Scalable Processor Architecture) is a RISC instruction
+         set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems.
+         http://www.oracle.com/sun
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparc
+
 config BR2_x86_64
        bool "x86_64"
        select BR2_ARCH_IS_64
+       help
+         x86-64 is an extension of the x86 instruction set (Intel i386
+         architecture compatible microprocessor).
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_64
+
 config BR2_xtensa
-       bool "xtensa"
+       bool "Xtensa"
+       help
+         Xtensa is a Tensilica processor IP architecture.
+         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xtensa
+         http://www.tensilica.com/
 endchoice
 
 config BR2_microblaze