Merge tag 'kbuild-fixes-v4.18-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kbuild fixes from Masahiro Yamada:

 - update Kbuild and Kconfig documents

 - sanitize -I compiler option handling

 - update extract-vmlinux script to recognize LZ4 and ZSTD

 - fix tools Makefiles

 - update tags.sh to handle __ro_after_init

 - suppress warnings in case getconf does not recognize LFS_* parameters

* tag 'kbuild-fixes-v4.18-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild:
  kbuild: suppress warnings from 'getconf LFS_*'
  scripts/tags.sh: add __ro_after_init
  tools: build: Use HOSTLDFLAGS with fixdep
  tools: build: Fixup host c flags
  tools build: fix # escaping in .cmd files for future Make
  scripts: teach extract-vmlinux about LZ4 and ZSTD
  kbuild: remove duplicated comments about PHONY
  kbuild: .PHONY is not a variable, but PHONY is
  kbuild: do not drop -I without parameter
  kbuild: document the KBUILD_KCONFIG env. variable
  kconfig: update user kconfig tools doc.
  kbuild: delete INSTALL_FW_PATH from kbuild documentation
  kbuild: update ARCH alias info for sparc
  kbuild: update ARCH alias info for sh

2 files changed, 50 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 6c9c69ec3986..114c7ce7b58d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE
 --------------------------------------------------
 Additional options used for $(LD) when linking modules.
 
+KBUILD_KCONFIG
+--------------------------------------------------
+Set the top-level Kconfig file to the value of this environment
+variable.  The default name is "Kconfig".
+
 KBUILD_VERBOSE
 --------------------------------------------------
 Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assigned same values as "V=...".
@@ -88,7 +93,8 @@ In most cases the name of the architecture is the same as the
 directory name found in the arch/ directory.
 But some architectures such as x86 and sparc have aliases.
 x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit
-sparc: sparc for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit
+sh: sh for 32 bit, sh64 for 64 bit
+sparc: sparc32 for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit
 
 CROSS_COMPILE
 --------------------------------------------------
@@ -148,15 +154,6 @@ stripped after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
 the default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
 INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the options to the strip command.
 
-INSTALL_FW_PATH
---------------------------------------------------
-INSTALL_FW_PATH specifies where to install the firmware blobs.
-The default value is:
-
-    $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware
-
-The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored.
-
 INSTALL_HDR_PATH
 --------------------------------------------------
 INSTALL_HDR_PATH specifies where to install user space headers when
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index 7233118f3a05..68c82914c0f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ This file contains some assistance for using "make *config".
 
 Use "make help" to list all of the possible configuration targets.
 
-The xconfig ('qconf') and menuconfig ('mconf') programs also
-have embedded help text.  Be sure to check it for navigation,
-search, and other general help text.
+The xconfig ('qconf'), menuconfig ('mconf'), and nconfig ('nconf')
+programs also have embedded help text.  Be sure to check that for
+navigation, search, and other general help text.
 
 ======================================================================
 General
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ this happens, using a previously working .config file and running
 for you, so you may find that you need to see what NEW kernel
 symbols have been introduced.
 
-To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use
+To see a list of new config symbols, use
 
 	cp user/some/old.config .config
 	make listnewconfig
 
 and the config program will list any new symbols, one per line.
 
+Alternatively, you can use the brute force method:
+
+	make oldconfig
 	scripts/diffconfig .config.old .config | less
 
 ______________________________________________________________________
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ Searching in menuconfig:
 		This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
 		e.g., HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
 
-	For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
+	For search help, enter / followed by TAB-TAB (to highlight
 	<Help>) and Enter.  This will tell you that you can also use
 	regular expressions (regexes) in the search string, so if you
 	are not interested in MEMORY_HOTPLUG, you could try
@@ -203,6 +206,39 @@ Example:
 
 
 ======================================================================
+nconfig
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+nconfig is an alternate text-based configurator.  It lists function
+keys across the bottom of the terminal (window) that execute commands.
+You can also just use the corresponding numeric key to execute the
+commands unless you are in a data entry window.  E.g., instead of F6
+for Save, you can just press 6.
+
+Use F1 for Global help or F3 for the Short help menu.
+
+Searching in nconfig:
+
+	You can search either in the menu entry "prompt" strings
+	or in the configuration symbols.
+
+	Use / to begin a search through the menu entries.  This does
+	not support regular expressions.  Use <Down> or <Up> for
+	Next hit and Previous hit, respectively.  Use <Esc> to
+	terminate the search mode.
+
+	F8 (SymSearch) searches the configuration symbols for the
+	given string or regular expression (regex).
+
+NCONFIG_MODE
+--------------------------------------------------
+This mode shows all sub-menus in one large tree.
+
+Example:
+	make NCONFIG_MODE=single_menu nconfig
+
+
+======================================================================
 xconfig
 --------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -230,8 +266,7 @@ gconfig
 
 Searching in gconfig:
 
-	None (gconfig isn't maintained as well as xconfig or menuconfig);
-	however, gconfig does have a few more viewing choices than
-	xconfig does.
+	There is no search command in gconfig.  However, gconfig does
+	have several different viewing choices, modes, and options.
 
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