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* Merge branch 'kconfig' of ↵Linus Torvalds2013-07-101-0/+13
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild Pull kconfig updates from Michal Marek: - dependency solver fix for make defconfig - randconfig fixes, one of which had to be reverted again - more user-friendly sorting of search results - hex and range keywords support longs - fix for [mn]conf not to rely on particular behavior of the LINES and COLS variables - cleanup of magic constants in kconfig/lxdialog - [mn]conf formatting fixes - fix for scripts/config's help text in out-of-tree usage (under a different name) * 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild: kconfig: allow "hex" and "range" to support longs Revert "kconfig: fix randomising choice entries in presence of KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG" kconfig: fix randomising choice entries in presence of KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG kconfig: loop as long as we changed some symbols in randconfig kconfig/[mn]conf: make it explicit in the search box that a regexp is possible kconfig: sort found symbols by relevance kconfig/conf: print the seed used to initialise the RNG for randconfig kconfig/conf: accept a base-16 seed for randconfig kconfig/conf: fix randconfig setting multiple symbols in a choice scripts/config: replace hard-coded script name by a dynamic value mconf/nconf: mark empty menus/menuconfigs different from non-empty ones nconf: use function calls instead of ncurses' variables LINES and COLS mconf: use function calls instead of ncurses' variables LINES and COLS kconfig/lxdialog: handle newline characters in print_autowrap() kconfig/lxdialog: Use new mininimum resize definitions in conf_choice() kconfig/lxdialog: Add definitions for mininimum (re)size values kconfig: Fix defconfig when one choice menu selects options that another choice menu depends on
| * kconfig: sort found symbols by relevanceYann E. MORIN2013-06-241-0/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When searching for symbols, return the symbols sorted by relevance. Sorting is done as thus: - first, symbols that match exactly - then, alphabetical sort Since the search can be a regexp, it is possible that more than one symbol matches exactly. In this case, we can't decide which to sort first, so we fallback to alphabeticall sort. Explain this (new!) sorting heuristic in the documentation. Reported-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> Cc: Roland Eggner <edvx1@systemanalysen.net> Cc: Wang YanQing <udknight@gmail.com> -- Changes v1->v2: - drop the previous, complex heuristic in favour of a simpler heuristic that is both easier to understand, *and* to maintain (Jean) - explain sorting heuristic in the doc (Jean)
* | Finally eradicate CONFIG_HOTPLUGStephen Rothwell2013-06-031-1/+1
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ever since commit 45f035ab9b8f ("CONFIG_HOTPLUG should be always on"), it has been basically impossible to build a kernel with CONFIG_HOTPLUG turned off. Remove all the remaining references to it. Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Doug Thompson <dougthompson@xmission.com> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
* kconfig: implement KCONFIG_PROBABILITY for randconfigYann E. MORIN2013-04-251-0/+27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently the odds to set each symbol is (rounded): booleans: y: 50% n: 50% tristates: y: 33% m: 33% n: 33% Introduce a KCONFIG_PROBABILITY environment variable to tweak the probabilities (in percentage), as such: KCONFIG_PROBABILITY y:n split y:m:n split ----------------------------------------------------------------- [1] unset or empty 50 : 50 33 : 33 : 34 [2] N N : 100-N N/2 : N/2 : 100-N N:M N+M : 100-(N+M) N : M : 100-(N+M) N:M:L N : 100-N M : L : 100-(M+L) [1] The current behaviour is kept as default, for backward compatibility [2] The solution initially implemented by Peter for Buildroot, see: http://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=3435c1afb5 Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> [yann.morin.1998@free.fr: add to Documentation/] Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
* kconfig: allow specifying the seed for randconfigYann E. MORIN2013-04-251-0/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For reproducibility, it can be useful to be able to specify the seed to use to seed the RNG. Add a new KCONFIG_SEED environment variable which can be set to the seed to use: $ make KCONFIG_SEED=42 randconfig $ sha1sum .config 70a128c8dcc61303069e1be352cce64114dfcbca .config $ make KCONFIG_SEED=42 randconfig $ sha1sum .config 70a128c8dcc61303069e1be352cce64114dfcbca .config It's very usefull for eg. debugging the kconfig parser. Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
* kconfig: document use of CONFIG_ environment variableYann E. MORIN2012-12-251-0/+6
| | | | Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
* kconfig: Add error handling to KCONFIG_ALLCONFIGEric W. Biederman2012-05-051-9/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Only try to read the file specified if KCONFIG_ALL_CONFIG is set to something other than the empty string or "1". - Don't use stat to check the name passed to conf_read_simple so that zconf_fopen can find the file in the current directory or in SRCTREE removing a extremely source of confusing failure, where KCONFIG_ALL_CONFIG was not interpreted with respect to the directory make was called in. - If conf_read_simple fails complain clearly and stop processing. Allowing the simple debugging of typos. - Clearly document the behavior so it is clear to users which values are treated as flags and which values are treated as filenames. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
* Documentation: mention scripts/diffconfig toolJavi Merino2012-03-301-5/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | The kconfig documentation suggests using plain 'diff' to compare config files and then adds "Yes, we need something better here". Commit a717417e7f96 ("kconfig: add diffconfig utility") added what that comment was looking for. Signed-off-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@arm.com> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* kconfig: do not record timestamp in .configArnaud Lacombe2011-05-241-5/+0
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
* Merge commit 'v2.6.35' into kbuild/kconfigMichal Marek2010-08-041-1/+1
|\ | | | | | | | | Conflicts: scripts/kconfig/Makefile
| * Fix typos in commentsThomas Weber2010-03-161-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [Ss]ytem => [Ss]ystem udpate => update paramters => parameters orginal => original Signed-off-by: Thomas Weber <swirl@gmx.li> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
* | kconfig: add alldefconfigSam Ravnborg2010-08-031-1/+1
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | alldefconfig create a configuration with all values set to their default value (form the Kconfig files). This may be useful when we try to use more sensible default values and may also be used in combination with the minimal defconfigs. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
* kbuild: generate modules.builtinMichal Marek2009-12-121-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | To make it easier for module-init-tools and scripts like mkinitrd to distinguish builtin and missing modules, install a modules.builtin file listing all builtin modules. This is done by generating an additional config file (tristate.conf) with tristate options set to uppercase 'Y' or 'M'. If we source that config file, the builtin modules appear in obj-Y. Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
* kbuild: move autoconf.h to include/generatedSam Ravnborg2009-12-121-1/+2
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
* kconfig: resort the documentation of the environment variablesMarkus Heidelberg2009-06-091-56/+60
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All the KCONFIG_ environment variables were previously located in a section "Environment variables in 'menuconfig'", but neither are they restricted to 'menuconfig' nor are they all used by 'menuconfig'. Introduce the following three sections for these variables: * Environment variables for '*config' * Environment variables for '{allyes/allmod/allno/rand}config' * Environment variables for 'silentoldconfig' Furthermore this puts MENUCONFIG_MODE next to MENUCONFIG_COLOR into a common section "User interface options for 'menuconfig'". Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
* kbuild: make *config usage docsRandy Dunlap2009-01-021-0/+188
Create a kconfig user assistance guide, with a few tips and hints about using menuconfig, xconfig, and gconfig. Mostly contains user interface, environment variables, and search topics, along with mini.config/custom.config usage. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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