When selecting "Prevent firmware from being built" under "Generic driver options" in "Device Drivers", and selecting HELP, it reads: "Say yes to avoid building firmware. Firmware is usually shipped with the driver, and only when updating the firware a rebuild should be made" Where it should say: "Say yes to avoid building firmware. Firmware is usually shipped with the driver, and only when updating the firmware a rebuild should be made" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.make menuconfig 2.Navigate your way through to Device Drivers --> Generic Driver Options, select "Prevent firmware from being built" and choose <Help> Actual Results: There is a typo in the file. Expected Results: It should not have a typo.
*** Bug 60729 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
It's an upstream problem - the typo is present in vanilla kernels. If you want this thing corrected, you should contact the maintainer of this part of the kernel sourcecode or the LKML (Linux Kernel Mailing List).