Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:34:35 +0200 | From | Giacomo Catenazzi <> | Subject | Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files? [PATCH included] |
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Johan Adolfsson wrote: > > > This change is too big for 2.4 kernel. > > It doesnt look that big to mee, so here it is for everyones consideration > (the mailprogram probably screws up tabs etc. but you get the idea, > I apologise if posting patches like this is the wrong way) > > The normal user/developer shouldn't even notice the difference, > the patch shouldn't break anything, just make it possible to > use multiple help files. > > linux/Makefile: (linenumber probably a bit off) > @@ -40,6 +44,10 @@ MODFLAGS = -DMODULE > CFLAGS_KERNEL = > PERL = perl > > +# Helpfiles used in the config system > +# (merged to Documentation/Configure.help.generated) > +HELPFILES = arch/$(ARCH)/Configure.help Documentation/Configure.help > + > export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL EXTRAVERSION KERNELRELEASE ARCH \ > CONFIG_SHELL TOPDIR HPATH HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC \ > CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP MAKE MAKEFILES GENKSYMS MODFLAGS PERL > @@ -260,19 +270,22 @@ symlinks: > @if [ ! -d include/linux/modules ]; then \ > mkdir include/linux/modules; \ > fi > + > +helpfiles: > + -cat $(HELPFILES) >Documentation/Configure.help.generated 2>/dev/null > > -oldconfig: symlinks > +oldconfig: symlinks helpfiles
No! Documentation/Configure.help.generated: $(HELPFILES) -cat $(HELPFILES) >Documentation/Configure.help.generated 2>/dev/null
oldconfig: symlinks Documentation/Configure.help.generated ...
Really you should include the ARCH/COnfigure.help in $(HELPFILES) only if it exists (else make will complain)
> $(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/Configure -d arch/$(ARCH)/config.in > > -xconfig: symlinks > +xconfig: symlinks helpfiles > $(MAKE) -C scripts kconfig.tk > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk > > -menuconfig: include/linux/version.h symlinks > +menuconfig: include/linux/version.h symlinks helpfiles > $(MAKE) -C scripts/lxdialog all > $(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/Menuconfig arch/$(ARCH)/config.in > > -config: symlinks > +config: symlinks helpfiles > $(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/Configure arch/$(ARCH)/config.in >
ditto.
> include/config/MARKER: scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h > > RCS file: /n/cvsroot/os/linux/scripts/Configure,v > retrieving revision 1.1.1.2 > diff -u -p -r1.1.1.2 Configure > --- scripts/Configure 2001/01/10 13:28:58 1.1.1.2 > +++ scripts/Configure 2001/04/06 09:57:44
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