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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/drivers/staging/android/Kconfig b/kernel/drivers/staging/android/Kconfig
index 8feb9048e..42b15126a 100644
--- a/kernel/drivers/staging/android/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/drivers/staging/android/Kconfig
@@ -20,13 +20,23 @@ config ANDROID_TIMED_OUTPUT
config ANDROID_TIMED_GPIO
tristate "Android timed gpio driver"
- depends on GPIOLIB && ANDROID_TIMED_OUTPUT
+ depends on GPIOLIB || COMPILE_TEST
+ depends on ANDROID_TIMED_OUTPUT
default n
+ ---help---
+ Unlike generic gpio is to allow programs to access and manipulate gpio
+ registers from user space, timed output/gpio is a system to allow changing
+ a gpio pin and restore it automatically after a specified timeout.
config ANDROID_LOW_MEMORY_KILLER
bool "Android Low Memory Killer"
---help---
- Registers processes to be killed when memory is low
+ Registers processes to be killed when low memory conditions, this is useful
+ as there is no particular swap space on android.
+
+ The registered process will kills according to the priorities in android init
+ scripts (/init.rc), and it defines priority values with minimum free memory size
+ for each priority.
config SYNC
bool "Synchronization framework"
@@ -44,7 +54,7 @@ config SW_SYNC
depends on SYNC
---help---
A sync object driver that uses a 32bit counter to coordinate
- syncrhronization. Useful when there is no hardware primitive backing
+ synchronization. Useful when there is no hardware primitive backing
the synchronization.
config SW_SYNC_USER