From 035978beaf79e3bd0c4f6308e8c8ce5067e26b9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Spelvin Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:45:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] usb: phy: Improve Kconfig help for CONFIG_USB_PHY The previous text confused users by not describing the very common (e.g. x86 PC) sitations where no PHY driver is necessary. Signed-off-by: George Spelvin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig index 7ef3eb8617a6..2311b1e4e43c 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig @@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ menuconfig USB_PHY bool "USB Physical Layer drivers" help - USB controllers (those which are host, device or DRD) need a - device to handle the physical layer signalling, commonly called - a PHY. + Most USB controllers have the physical layer signalling part + (commonly called a PHY) built in. However, dual-role devices + (a.k.a. USB on-the-go) which support being USB master or slave + with the same connector often use an external PHY. - The following drivers add support for such PHY devices. + The drivers in this submenu add support for such PHY devices. + They are not needed for standard master-only (or the vast + majority of slave-only) USB interfaces. + + If you're not sure if this applies to you, it probably doesn't; + say N here. if USB_PHY -- 2.20.1