Fedora kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 patched with stable patch-2.6.17.4-vs2.0.2-rc26.diff

[linux-2.6.git] / arch / mips / Kconfig.debug

diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
index d3c5cc3..515f9e6 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ config CROSSCOMPILE
        bool "Are you using a crosscompiler"
        help
          Say Y here if you are compiling the kernel on a different
-         architecture than the one it is intended to run on.
+         architecture than the one it is intended to run on.  This is just a
+         convenience option which will select the appropriate value for
+         the CROSS_COMPILE make variable which otherwise has to be passed on
+         the command line from mips-linux-, mipsel-linux-, mips64-linux- and
+         mips64el-linux- as appropriate for a particular kernel configuration.
+         You will have to pass the value for CROSS_COMPILE manually if the
+         name prefix for your tools is different.
 
 config CMDLINE
        string "Default kernel command string"