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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-28 17:29:43 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-28 17:29:43 -0700 |
| commit | f05c463be51898e745c4aa8245b05e25d73fa975 (patch) | |
| tree | 7a5502f06f113eef9bef25c6a33cc6a419953b4a /Documentation | |
| parent | 8da56309f04d76a474791fd27b33ddd52062bcd6 (diff) | |
| parent | 5a1aa8a1aff6191ecc55f21d8b5f0e47108ed91b (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild:
kconfig: add named choice group
kconfig: fix choice dependency check
kconifg: 'select' considered less evil
dontdiff: ignore timeconst.h
dontdiff: add modules.order
kbuild: fix unportability in gen_initramfs_list.sh
kbuild: fix help output to show correct arch
kbuild: show defconfig subdirs in make help
kconfig: reversed borderlines in inputbox
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dontdiff | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 17 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index 354aec047c0..881e6dd03ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ mkprep mktables mktree modpost +modules.order modversions.h* offset.h offsets.h @@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ sm_tbl* split-include tags tftpboot.img +timeconst.h times.h* tkparse trix_boot.h diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index 649cb879989..00b950d1c19 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -104,14 +104,15 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). Reverse dependencies can only be used with boolean or tristate symbols. Note: - select is evil.... select will by brute force set a symbol - equal to 'y' without visiting the dependencies. So abusing - select you are able to select a symbol FOO even if FOO depends - on BAR that is not set. In general use select only for - non-visible symbols (no prompts anywhere) and for symbols with - no dependencies. That will limit the usefulness but on the - other hand avoid the illegal configurations all over. kconfig - should one day warn about such things. + select should be used with care. select will force + a symbol to a value without visiting the dependencies. + By abusing select you are able to select a symbol FOO even + if FOO depends on BAR that is not set. + In general use select only for non-visible symbols + (no prompts anywhere) and for symbols with no dependencies. + That will limit the usefulness but on the other hand avoid + the illegal configurations all over. + kconfig should one day warn about such things. - numerical ranges: "range" <symbol> <symbol> ["if" <expr>] This allows to limit the range of possible input values for int |