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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt | 13 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt index 3f429ed8b3b8..e9f9e767f82a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt @@ -174,6 +174,19 @@ Searching in menuconfig: /^hotplug + When searching, symbols are sorted thus: + - exact match first: an exact match is when the search matches + the complete symbol name; + - alphabetical order: when two symbols do not match exactly, + they are sorted in alphabetical order (in the user's current + locale). + For example: ^ATH.K matches: + ATH5K ATH9K ATH5K_AHB ATH5K_DEBUG [...] ATH6KL ATH6KL_DEBUG + [...] ATH9K_AHB ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT ATH9K_COMMON [...] + of which only ATH5K and ATH9K match exactly and so are sorted + first (and in alphabetical order), then come all other symbols, + sorted in alphabetical order. + ______________________________________________________________________ User interface options for 'menuconfig' |