Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / drivers / acpi / Kconfig

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index 7ef172c2a1d64cd3c641b631efff4e5946cc75b1..f688c214be0c67110df1d039be5566d3c7f59bfe 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -204,13 +204,25 @@ config ACPI_NUMA
 
 config ACPI_WMI
        tristate "WMI (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+       depends on X86
        depends on EXPERIMENTAL
        help
-         This driver adds support for the ACPI-WMI mapper device (PNP0C14)
-         found on some systems.
+         This driver adds support for the ACPI-WMI (Windows Management
+         Instrumentation) mapper device (PNP0C14) found on some systems.
+
+         ACPI-WMI is a proprietary extension to ACPI to expose parts of the
+         ACPI firmware to userspace - this is done through various vendor
+         defined methods and data blocks in a PNP0C14 device, which are then
+         made available for userspace to call.
+
+         The implementation of this in Linux currently only exposes this to
+         other kernel space drivers.
+
+         This driver is a required dependency to build the firmware specific
+         drivers needed on many machines, including Acer and HP laptops.
 
-         NOTE: You will need another driver or userspace application on top of
-         this to actually use anything defined in the ACPI-WMI mapper.
+         It is safe to enable this driver even if your DSDT doesn't define
+         any ACPI-WMI devices.
 
 config ACPI_ASUS
         tristate "ASUS/Medion Laptop Extras"