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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. ### |