Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 May 2008 12:56:30 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: Additional kconfig targets (cloneconfig, nonint_oldconfig etc) |
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> >(The other frontends are left out on purpose). > >The challenge here is to come up with a syntax that > >allows us to select between the three behaviours, > >while keeping backward compatibility. > > > >The best suggestion I have so far is to say that: > >a) if defconfig is specified then we use method 1) > >b) if oldconfig is specified then we use method 2) > >c) if newconfig is specified then we use method 3) > > [Where is 1) defined?]
1) automated - select defaults for all new symbols => It is used for "make defconfig, make *_defconfig" today
> Ok and these are doing .. what?
> ># Enviroment variables affecting kconfig > >KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG
Specify input file in .config format to adjust a all*config run
> >KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE If set then error out if .config is modified
> >KCONFIG_CONFIG Provide alternative name for .config
> >KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG If you set KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG in environment, Kconfig will not break symlinks when .config is a symlink to somewhere else
> >KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP Do not put timestamp in .config
> >KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG Provide alternative name for: include/config/auto.conf
> >KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER Provide alternative name for include/linux/autoconf.h
> Used for..? All used to hardcode specific values in all*config builds.
> >#input files (aparts from the mandatory ones) > >all.config > >allno.config > >allmod.config > >allyes.config > >allrandom.config
Sam
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