Patch from Terje Kvernes adding quite a lot of missing documentation

6 files changed, 92 insertions, 48 deletions

diff --git a/editors/Config.in b/editors/Config.in
index 22908de4d..14b698f5d 100644
--- a/editors/Config.in
+++ b/editors/Config.in
@@ -56,35 +56,40 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_COLON
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi.  This does not
+          provide an "ex" mode.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_YANKMARK
         bool "  Enable yank/put commands and mark cmds"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          This will enable you to use yank and put, as well as mark in
+          busybox vi.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SEARCH
         bool "  Enable search and replace cmds"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Select this if you wish to be able to do search and replace in
+          busybox vi.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_USE_SIGNALS
         bool "  Catch signals"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware.  This will
+          make busybox vi support SIGWINCH to deal with Window Changes, catch
+          Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-C and alarms.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_DOT_CMD
         bool "  Remember previous cmd and \".\" cmd"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Make busybox vi remember the last command and be able to repeat it.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_READONLY
         bool "  Enable -R option and \"view\" mode"
@@ -99,28 +104,29 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SETOPTS
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Enable the editor to set some (ai, ic, showmatch) options.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SET
         bool "  Support for :set"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Support for ":set".
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_WIN_RESIZE
         bool "  Handle window resize"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Make busybox vi behave nicely with terminals that get resized.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_OPTIMIZE_CURSOR
         bool "  Optimize cursor movement"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_VI
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          This will make the cursor movement faster, but requires more memory
+          and it makes the applet a tiny bit larger.
 
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diff --git a/loginutils/Config.in b/loginutils/Config.in
index 494ddbd6b..9b40871e6 100644
--- a/loginutils/Config.in
+++ b/loginutils/Config.in
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ config CONFIG_GETTY
         bool "getty"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Getty lets you log in on a tty, it is normally invoked by init.
 
 config CONFIG_LOGIN
         bool "login"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ config CONFIG_VLOCK
         bool "vlock"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Build the "vlock" applet, that allows you to lock (virtual) terminals.
 
 comment "Common options for adduser, deluser, login, su"
         depends on CONFIG_ADDUSER || CONFIG_DELUSER || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU
@@ -109,14 +109,28 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_ADDUSER || CONFIG_DELUSER || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow.  This file is only
+          only readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer
+          publicly readable.
 
 config CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW
         bool "  Use busybox shadow password functions"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+            If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow
+            password handling functions.  And if you are using the GNU C library
+            (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
+            configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
+            order for the shadow password functions to work.  This generally
+            makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
+
+            Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
+            system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords.  This
+            makes your system smaller and I will get fewer emails asking about
+            how glibc NSS works).  When this option is enabled, you will not be
+            able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP
+            password servers and whatnot.
 
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diff --git a/modutils/Config.in b/modutils/Config.in
index a635656e5..2006be00f 100644
--- a/modutils/Config.in
+++ b/modutils/Config.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Provide insmod support for older (pre 2.1) Linux kernels.
 
 if CONFIG_INSMOD && !CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
     config CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Support module loading for newer (post 2.1) Linux kernels.
 endif
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Support checking of versions for modules.  This is used to
+          ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
         bool "  Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
@@ -90,7 +91,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_QUERY_MODULE_INTERFACE
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_LSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          This will provide some extra information about each module when
+          running lsmod.  The fields provided are address, size, flags and
+          usage count.
 
 config CONFIG_MODPROBE
         bool "modprobe"
@@ -110,7 +113,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_LSMOD
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Support checking for tainted modules.  These are usually binary
+          only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
+          support request.
 
 
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diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index 4c5cb8526..d53dddcc1 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
         bool "Enable IPv6 support"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Enable IPv6 support to busybox. This makes applets that talk IP
+          able to work with IPv6.
 
 config CONFIG_ARPING
         bool "arping"
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP.  If you're not
+          planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
         bool "  Enable options \"mem_start\", \"io_addr\", and \"irq\""
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Setting this will make ifconfig attempt to find the broadcast
+          automatically if the value '+' is used.
 
 config CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
         bool "ifupdown"
@@ -180,28 +183,29 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN && CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_LINK && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Use "ip" in "ifupdown".
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV4
         bool "  Enable support for IPv4"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          If you want busybox to talk IPv4, leave this on.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV6
         bool "  Enable support for IPv6"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          If you need support for IPv6, turn this option on.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPX
         bool "  Enable support for IPX"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          If this option is selected you can use busybox to work with IPX
+          networks.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_MAPPING
         bool "  Enable mapping support"
@@ -257,7 +261,9 @@ config CONFIG_IP
         bool "ip"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing
+          utility.  You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
+          TCP/IP.
 
 if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPADDR
         config CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS
@@ -270,7 +276,7 @@ if ! (CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPADDR)
                 default y
                 depends on CONFIG_IP
                 help
-                  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+                  Address manipulation support for the "ip" applet.
 endif
 
 if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPLINK
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPLINK)
                 default y
                 depends on CONFIG_IP
                 help
-                  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+                  Configure network devices with "ip".
 endif
 
 if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPROUTE
@@ -298,7 +304,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPROUTE)
                 default y
                 depends on CONFIG_IP
                 help
-                  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+                  Add support for routing table management to "ip".  
 endif
 
 if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPTUNNEL
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPTUNNEL)
                 default n
                 depends on CONFIG_IP
                 help
-                  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+                  Add support for tunneling commands to "ip".
 endif
 
 config CONFIG_IPCALC
@@ -327,31 +333,31 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_IPCALC
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Adds the fields hostname and silent to the output of "ipcalc".
 
 config CONFIG_IPADDR
         bool "ipaddr"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Equivalent to selecting address support to "ip", above.
 
 config CONFIG_IPLINK
         bool "iplink"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Equivalent to selecting link support to "ip", above.
 
 config CONFIG_IPROUTE
         bool "iproute"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Equivalent to selecting route support to "ip", above.
 
 config CONFIG_IPTUNNEL
         bool "iptunnel"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Equivalent to selecting tunnel support to "ip", above.
 
 config CONFIG_NAMEIF
         bool "nameif"
@@ -384,7 +390,7 @@ config CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
         bool "nslookup"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Nslookup is a tool to query Internet name servers.
 
 config CONFIG_PING
         bool "ping"
@@ -398,21 +404,23 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_PING
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Make the output from the ping applet include statistics, and at the
+          same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
 
 config CONFIG_PING6
         bool "ping6"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          This will give you a ping that can talk IPv6.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING6
         bool "  Enable fancy ping6 output"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_PING6
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Make the output from the ping6 applet include statistics, and at the
+          same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
 
 config CONFIG_ROUTE
         bool "route"
@@ -424,27 +432,34 @@ config CONFIG_TELNET
         bool "telnet"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Telnet is an interface to the TELNET protocol, but is also commonly
+          used to test other simple protocols.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE
         bool "  Pass TERM type to remote host"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TELNET
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the
+          remote host you are connecting to.  This is useful to make sure that
+          things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave.
 
 config CONFIG_TELNETD
         bool "telnetd"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log on to the host
+          running the daemon.  Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
+          sends passwords in plain text.  If you can't afford the space for
+          any SSH daemon and you trust your network, say 'y' here.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNETD_INETD
         bool "  Support call from inetd only"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_TELNETD
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Selecting this will make telnetd only callable from inetd, removing the
+          standalone support.
 
 config CONFIG_TFTP
         bool "tftp"
@@ -482,7 +497,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_DEBUG
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_TFTP
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Enable debug settings for tftp.  This is useful if you're running
+          into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
+          you run into problems.
 
 config CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
         bool "traceroute"
@@ -495,7 +512,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Add some verbosity to traceroute.  This includes amongst other things
+          hostnames and ICMP response types.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SO_DEBUG
         bool "  Enable SO_DEBUG option"
diff --git a/procps/Config.in b/procps/Config.in
index 9458618b3..23f2f7f3d 100644
--- a/procps/Config.in
+++ b/procps/Config.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config FEATURE_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TOP
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Make top display CPU usage.
 
 config CONFIG_UPTIME
         bool "uptime"
diff --git a/shell/Config.in b/shell/Config.in
index 02d4851ec..57633eb30 100644
--- a/shell/Config.in
+++ b/shell/Config.in
@@ -201,14 +201,15 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_FANCY_PROMPT
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Setting this option allows for prompts to use things like \w and
+          \$ and also using escape codes.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET
         bool "Hide message on interactive shell startup"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Remove the busybox introduction when starting a shell.
 
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