Patch from Terje Kvernes adding quite a lot of missing documentation

editors/Config.in

@@ -56,35 +56,40 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_COLON
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi.  This does not
+	  provide an "ex" mode.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_YANKMARK
 	bool "  Enable yank/put commands and mark cmds"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  This will enable you to use yank and put, as well as mark in
+	  busybox vi.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SEARCH
 	bool "  Enable search and replace cmds"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Select this if you wish to be able to do search and replace in
+	  busybox vi.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_USE_SIGNALS
 	bool "  Catch signals"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware.  This will
+	  make busybox vi support SIGWINCH to deal with Window Changes, catch
+	  Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-C and alarms.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_DOT_CMD
 	bool "  Remember previous cmd and \".\" cmd"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Make busybox vi remember the last command and be able to repeat it.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_READONLY
 	bool "  Enable -R option and \"view\" mode"
@@ -99,28 +104,29 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SETOPTS
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Enable the editor to set some (ai, ic, showmatch) options.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SET
 	bool "  Support for :set"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Support for ":set".
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_WIN_RESIZE
 	bool "  Handle window resize"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Make busybox vi behave nicely with terminals that get resized.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_OPTIMIZE_CURSOR
 	bool "  Optimize cursor movement"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_VI
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  This will make the cursor movement faster, but requires more memory
+	  and it makes the applet a tiny bit larger.
 
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loginutils/Config.in

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ config CONFIG_GETTY
 	bool "getty"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Getty lets you log in on a tty, it is normally invoked by init.
 
 config CONFIG_LOGIN
 	bool "login"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ config CONFIG_VLOCK
 	bool "vlock"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Build the "vlock" applet, that allows you to lock (virtual) terminals.
 
 comment "Common options for adduser, deluser, login, su"
 	depends on CONFIG_ADDUSER || CONFIG_DELUSER || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU
@@ -109,14 +109,28 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_ADDUSER || CONFIG_DELUSER || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow.  This file is only
+	  only readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer
+	  publicly readable.
 
 config CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW
 	bool "  Use busybox shadow password functions"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	    If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow
+	    password handling functions.  And if you are using the GNU C library
+	    (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
+	    configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
+	    order for the shadow password functions to work.  This generally
+	    makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
+
+	    Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
+	    system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords.  This
+	    makes your system smaller and I will get fewer emails asking about
+	    how glibc NSS works).  When this option is enabled, you will not be
+	    able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP
+	    password servers and whatnot.
 
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modutils/Config.in

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Provide insmod support for older (pre 2.1) Linux kernels.
 
 if CONFIG_INSMOD && !CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
     config CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Support module loading for newer (post 2.1) Linux kernels.
 endif
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Support checking of versions for modules.  This is used to
+	  ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
 	bool "  Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
@@ -90,7 +91,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_QUERY_MODULE_INTERFACE
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_LSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  This will provide some extra information about each module when
+	  running lsmod.  The fields provided are address, size, flags and
+	  usage count.
 
 config CONFIG_MODPROBE
 	bool "modprobe"
@@ -110,7 +113,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_LSMOD
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Support checking for tainted modules.  These are usually binary
+	  only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
+	  support request.
 
 
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networking/Config.in

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
 	bool "Enable IPv6 support"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Enable IPv6 support to busybox. This makes applets that talk IP
+	  able to work with IPv6.
 
 config CONFIG_ARPING
 	bool "arping"
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP.  If you're not
+	  planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
 	bool "  Enable options \"mem_start\", \"io_addr\", and \"irq\""
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Setting this will make ifconfig attempt to find the broadcast
+	  automatically if the value '+' is used.
 
 config CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
 	bool "ifupdown"
@@ -180,28 +183,29 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN && CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_LINK && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Use "ip" in "ifupdown".
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV4
 	bool "  Enable support for IPv4"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  If you want busybox to talk IPv4, leave this on.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV6
 	bool "  Enable support for IPv6"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  If you need support for IPv6, turn this option on.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPX
 	bool "  Enable support for IPX"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  If this option is selected you can use busybox to work with IPX
+	  networks.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_MAPPING
 	bool "  Enable mapping support"
@@ -257,7 +261,9 @@ config CONFIG_IP
 	bool "ip"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing
+	  utility.  You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
+	  TCP/IP.
 
 if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPADDR
 	config CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS
@@ -270,7 +276,7 @@ if ! (CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPADDR)
 		default y
 		depends on CONFIG_IP
 		help
-		  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+		  Address manipulation support for the "ip" applet.
 endif
 
 if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPLINK
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPLINK)
 		default y
 		depends on CONFIG_IP
 		help
-		  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+		  Configure network devices with "ip".
 endif
 
 if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPROUTE
@@ -298,7 +304,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPROUTE)
 		default y
 		depends on CONFIG_IP
 		help
-		  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+		  Add support for routing table management to "ip".  
 endif
 
 if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPTUNNEL
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPTUNNEL)
 		default n
 		depends on CONFIG_IP
 		help
-		  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+		  Add support for tunneling commands to "ip".
 endif
 
 config CONFIG_IPCALC
@@ -327,31 +333,31 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_IPCALC
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Adds the fields hostname and silent to the output of "ipcalc".
 
 config CONFIG_IPADDR
 	bool "ipaddr"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Equivalent to selecting address support to "ip", above.
 
 config CONFIG_IPLINK
 	bool "iplink"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Equivalent to selecting link support to "ip", above.
 
 config CONFIG_IPROUTE
 	bool "iproute"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Equivalent to selecting route support to "ip", above.
 
 config CONFIG_IPTUNNEL
 	bool "iptunnel"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Equivalent to selecting tunnel support to "ip", above.
 
 config CONFIG_NAMEIF
 	bool "nameif"
@@ -384,7 +390,7 @@ config CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
 	bool "nslookup"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Nslookup is a tool to query Internet name servers.
 
 config CONFIG_PING
 	bool "ping"
@@ -398,21 +404,23 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_PING
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Make the output from the ping applet include statistics, and at the
+	  same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
 
 config CONFIG_PING6
 	bool "ping6"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  This will give you a ping that can talk IPv6.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING6
 	bool "  Enable fancy ping6 output"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_PING6
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Make the output from the ping6 applet include statistics, and at the
+	  same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
 
 config CONFIG_ROUTE
 	bool "route"
@@ -424,27 +432,34 @@ config CONFIG_TELNET
 	bool "telnet"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Telnet is an interface to the TELNET protocol, but is also commonly
+	  used to test other simple protocols.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE
 	bool "  Pass TERM type to remote host"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_TELNET
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the
+	  remote host you are connecting to.  This is useful to make sure that
+	  things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave.
 
 config CONFIG_TELNETD
 	bool "telnetd"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log on to the host
+	  running the daemon.  Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
+	  sends passwords in plain text.  If you can't afford the space for
+	  any SSH daemon and you trust your network, say 'y' here.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNETD_INETD
 	bool "  Support call from inetd only"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_TELNETD
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Selecting this will make telnetd only callable from inetd, removing the
+	  standalone support.
 
 config CONFIG_TFTP
 	bool "tftp"
@@ -482,7 +497,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_DEBUG
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_TFTP
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Enable debug settings for tftp.  This is useful if you're running
+	  into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
+	  you run into problems.
 
 config CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
 	bool "traceroute"
@@ -495,7 +512,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Add some verbosity to traceroute.  This includes amongst other things
+	  hostnames and ICMP response types.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SO_DEBUG
 	bool "  Enable SO_DEBUG option"

procps/Config.in

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config FEATURE_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_TOP
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Make top display CPU usage.
 
 config CONFIG_UPTIME
 	bool "uptime"

shell/Config.in

@@ -201,14 +201,15 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_FANCY_PROMPT
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Setting this option allows for prompts to use things like \w and
+	  \$ and also using escape codes.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET
 	bool "Hide message on interactive shell startup"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  Remove the busybox introduction when starting a shell.
 
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