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authorThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2013-01-06 11:29:19 +0000
committerPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>2013-01-12 22:32:56 +0100
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xserver_xorg-server: add more explanations about the two variants
[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>
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diff --git a/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/Config.in b/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/Config.in
index 053dd8150..c192ef4d1 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/Config.in
+++ b/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/Config.in
@@ -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