boards: Remove help text from SoC selection Kconfigs

nordicjm · cfriedt · commit 748b4915bab8 · 2025-08-01T07:44:39.000-04:00
Help text here adds the symbols to and pollutes the Kconfig search
with options that should not be visible and have no use to anyone

Signed-off-by: Jamie McCrae &lt;jamie.mccrae@nordicsemi.no&gt;
diff --git a/boards/beagle/beagleplay/Kconfig.beagleplay b/boards/beagle/beagleplay/Kconfig.beagleplay
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_BEAGLEPLAY
 	select SOC_CC1352P7 if BOARD_BEAGLEPLAY_CC1352P7
-	help
-	  BeagleBoard.org BeaglePlay CC1352P7
diff --git a/boards/bytesatwork/bytesensi_l/Kconfig.bytesensi_l b/boards/bytesatwork/bytesensi_l/Kconfig.bytesensi_l
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 config BOARD_BYTESENSI_L
-	bool "bytesatwork bytesSENSI-L nRF52832"
 	select SOC_NRF52832_QFAA
diff --git a/boards/intel/niosv_g/Kconfig.niosv_g b/boards/intel/niosv_g/Kconfig.niosv_g
@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_NIOSV_G
 	select SOC_NIOSV_G
-	help
-	  Intel FPGA Nios V/g General Purpose Processor
diff --git a/boards/intel/niosv_m/Kconfig.niosv_m b/boards/intel/niosv_m/Kconfig.niosv_m
@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_NIOSV_M
 	select SOC_NIOSV_M
-	help
-	  Intel FPGA NIOSV Microcontroller Core Processor
diff --git a/boards/intel/socfpga/agilex5_socdk/Kconfig.intel_socfpga_agilex5_socdk b/boards/intel/socfpga/agilex5_socdk/Kconfig.intel_socfpga_agilex5_socdk
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_INTEL_SOCFPGA_AGILEX5_SOCDK
 	select SOC_AGILEX5
-	help
-	  Intel SoC FPGA Development Kit (Agilex5)
diff --git a/boards/intel/socfpga/agilex_socdk/Kconfig.intel_socfpga_agilex_socdk b/boards/intel/socfpga/agilex_socdk/Kconfig.intel_socfpga_agilex_socdk
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_INTEL_SOCFPGA_AGILEX_SOCDK
 	select SOC_AGILEX
-	help
-	  Intel SoC FPGA Development Kit (Agilex)
diff --git a/boards/intel/socfpga_std/cyclonev_socdk/Kconfig.cyclonev_socdk b/boards/intel/socfpga_std/cyclonev_socdk/Kconfig.cyclonev_socdk
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_CYCLONEV_SOCDK
 	select SOC_CYCLONEV
-	help
-	  Intel Cyclone V Development Kit
diff --git a/boards/mediatek/mt8195/Kconfig.mt8195 b/boards/mediatek/mt8195/Kconfig.mt8195
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_MT8195
 	select SOC_MT8195
-	help
-	  Board with Mediatek MT8195 Audio DSP
diff --git a/boards/phytec/phyboard_lyra/Kconfig.phyboard_lyra b/boards/phytec/phyboard_lyra/Kconfig.phyboard_lyra
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@
 config BOARD_PHYBOARD_LYRA
 	select SOC_AM6234_A53 if BOARD_PHYBOARD_LYRA_AM6234_A53
 	select SOC_AM6234_M4 if BOARD_PHYBOARD_LYRA_AM6234_M4
-	help
-	  PHYTEC phyBOARD-Lyra AM62x M4/A53
diff --git a/boards/qemu/cortex_m3/Kconfig.qemu_cortex_m3 b/boards/qemu/cortex_m3/Kconfig.qemu_cortex_m3
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_QEMU_CORTEX_M3
 	select SOC_TI_LM3S6965
-	help
-	  Cortex-M3 Emulation (QEMU)
diff --git a/boards/snps/em_starterkit/Kconfig.em_starterkit b/boards/snps/em_starterkit/Kconfig.em_starterkit
@@ -8,10 +8,3 @@ config BOARD_EM_STARTERKIT
 	select SOC_EMSK_EM7D if BOARD_EM_STARTERKIT_EMSK_EM7D
 	select SOC_EMSK_EM9D if BOARD_EM_STARTERKIT_EMSK_EM9D
 	select SOC_EMSK_EM11D if BOARD_EM_STARTERKIT_EMSK_EM11D
-	help
-	  The DesignWare ARC EM Starter Kit board is a board
-	  that can host up to 3 different SOC FPGA bit files.
-	  Both version 2.2 and 2.3 firmware have EM7D, EM9D and EM11D configurations.
-	  EM9D using CCM memories and is a Harvard Architecture.
-	  EM7D and EM11D have access to 128MB DRAM and use i-cache and d-cache.
-	  EM7D of EMSK 2.3 supports secure mode.
diff --git a/boards/snps/emsdp/Kconfig.emsdp b/boards/snps/emsdp/Kconfig.emsdp
@@ -12,10 +12,3 @@ config BOARD_EMSDP
 	select SOC_EMSDP_EM7D_ESP if BOARD_EMSDP_EMSDP_EM7D_ESP
 	select SOC_EMSDP_EM9D if BOARD_EMSDP_EMSDP_EM9D
 	select SOC_EMSDP_EM11D if BOARD_EMSDP_EMSDP_EM11D
-	help
-	  The ARC EM Software Development Platform (emsdp) is an FPGA based
-	  development platform intended to support ARC licenses in developing
-	  their software for the ARC EM processor family and ARC EM Subsystems.
-	  It has the support for ARC EM4, EM5D, EM6, EM7D, EM9D and EM11D
-	  processors. ARC EM Enhanced Security Package (ESP) and ARC EM
-	  Subsystems (DFSS, SCSS, DSS) are also supported.
diff --git a/boards/snps/hsdk/Kconfig.hsdk b/boards/snps/hsdk/Kconfig.hsdk
@@ -5,8 +5,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_HSDK
 	select SOC_ARC_HSDK
-	help
-	  The DesignWare ARC HS Development Kit is a ready-to-use platform for
-	  rapid software development on the ARC HS3x family of processors. It
-	  supports single- and multi-core ARC HS34, HS36 and HS38 processors
-	  and offers a wide range of interfaces
diff --git a/boards/snps/hsdk4xd/Kconfig.hsdk4xd b/boards/snps/hsdk4xd/Kconfig.hsdk4xd
@@ -5,8 +5,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_HSDK4XD
 	select SOC_ARC_HSDK4XD
-	help
-	  The ARC HS4x/4xD Development Kit is a ready-to-use software development
-	  platform for the ARC HS4x/4xD family of processor IP. It includes
-	  a multicore ARC HS4x/HS4xD-based chip and integrates a wide range
-	  of interfaces.
diff --git a/boards/snps/iotdk/Kconfig.iotdk b/boards/snps/iotdk/Kconfig.iotdk
@@ -5,10 +5,3 @@
 
 config BOARD_IOTDK
 	select SOC_ARC_IOT
-	help
-	  The DesignWare ARC IoT Development Kit board is a versatile platform that includes the
-	  necessary hardware and software to accelerate software development and debugging of
-	  sensor fusion, voice recognition and face detection designs. It includes a silicon
-	  implementation of the ARC Data Fusion IP Subsystem running at 144 MHz on SMIC's 55-nm
-	  ultra-low power process, and a rich set of peripherals commonly used in IoT designs
-	  such as USB, UART, SPI, I2C, PWM, SDIO and ADCs.
diff --git a/boards/snps/nsim/arc_classic/Kconfig.nsim b/boards/snps/nsim/arc_classic/Kconfig.nsim
@@ -22,7 +22,3 @@ config BOARD_NSIM
 	select SOC_NSIM_SEM if BOARD_NSIM_NSIM_SEM
 	select SOC_NSIM_SEM if BOARD_NSIM_NSIM_SEM_MPU_STACK_GUARD
 	select SOC_NSIM_VPX5 if BOARD_NSIM_NSIM_VPX5
-	help
-	  The DesignWare ARC nSIM board is a virtual board based on
-	  the ARC nSIM simulator. It demonstrates the ARC core features
-	  and a console based on the ns16550 UART model.
