kcore: add Kconfig help text

[cascardo/linux.git] / fs / proc / Kconfig

diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig
index 15af622..2183fcf 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/proc/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ config PROC_FS
 config PROC_KCORE
        bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
        depends on PROC_FS && MMU
+       help
+         Provides a virtual ELF core file of the live kernel.  This can
+         be read with gdb and other ELF tools.  No modifications can be
+         made using this mechanism.
 
 config PROC_VMCORE
        bool "/proc/vmcore support"