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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-28 17:29:43 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-28 17:29:43 -0700
commitf05c463be51898e745c4aa8245b05e25d73fa975 (patch)
tree7a5502f06f113eef9bef25c6a33cc6a419953b4a /Documentation
parent8da56309f04d76a474791fd27b33ddd52062bcd6 (diff)
parent5a1aa8a1aff6191ecc55f21d8b5f0e47108ed91b (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/dontdiff2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt17
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