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authorJosh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>2014-04-07 15:39:09 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-04-07 16:36:09 -0700
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kconfig: make allnoconfig disable options behind EMBEDDED and EXPERT
"make allnoconfig" exists to ease testing of minimal configurations. Documentation/SubmitChecklist includes a note to test with allnoconfig. This helps catch missing dependencies on common-but-not-required functionality, which might otherwise go unnoticed. However, allnoconfig still leaves many symbols enabled, because they're hidden behind CONFIG_EMBEDDED or CONFIG_EXPERT. For instance, allnoconfig still has CONFIG_PRINTK and CONFIG_BLOCK enabled, so drivers don't typically get build-tested with those disabled. To address this, introduce a new Kconfig option "allnoconfig_y", used on symbols which only exist to hide other symbols. Set it on CONFIG_EMBEDDED (which then selects CONFIG_EXPERT). allnoconfig will then disable all the symbols hidden behind those. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index c420676c6fe3..350f733bf2c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
to the build environment (if this is desired, it can be done via
another symbol).
+ - "allnoconfig_y"
+ This declares the symbol as one that should have the value y when
+ using "allnoconfig". Used for symbols that hide other symbols.
+
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