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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2007-10-19 10:53:48 -0700
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@neptun.(none)>2007-10-19 21:48:36 +0200
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kconfig: update kconfig-language text
Add kconfig-language docs for mainmenu, def_bool, and def_tristate. Remove "requires" as a synonym of "depends on" since it was removed from the parser in commit 247537b9a270b52cc0375adcb0fb2605a160cba5. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt14
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index fe8b0c4892cf..616043a6da99 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
Optionally, dependencies only for this default value can be added with
"if".
-- dependencies: "depends on"/"requires" <expr>
+- type definition + default value:
+ "def_bool"/"def_tristate" <expr> ["if" <expr>]
+ This is a shorthand notation for a type definition plus a value.
+ Optionally dependencies for this default value can be added with "if".
+
+- dependencies: "depends on" <expr>
This defines a dependency for this menu entry. If multiple
dependencies are defined, they are connected with '&&'. Dependencies
are applied to all other options within this menu entry (which also
@@ -289,3 +294,10 @@ source:
"source" <prompt>
This reads the specified configuration file. This file is always parsed.
+
+mainmenu:
+
+ "mainmenu" <prompt>
+
+This sets the config program's title bar if the config program chooses
+to use it.