diff options
| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2007-10-13 05:27:47 +0400 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2007-10-13 05:27:47 +0400 |
| commit | b981d8b3f5e008ff10d993be633ad00564fc22cd (patch) | |
| tree | e292dc07b22308912cf6a58354a608b9e5e8e1fd /Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | |
| parent | b11d2127c4893a7315d1e16273bc8560049fa3ca (diff) | |
| parent | 2b9e0aae1d50e880c58d46788e5e3ebd89d75d62 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b981d8b3f5e008ff10d993be633ad00564fc22cd.tar.xz | |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/macintosh/adbhid.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index 536d5bfbdb8d..fe8b0c4892cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). times, the limit is set to the largest selection. Reverse dependencies can only be used with boolean or tristate symbols. + Note: + select is evil.... select will by brute force set a symbol + equal to 'y' without visiting the dependencies. So abusing + select you are able to select a symbol FOO even if FOO depends + on BAR that is not set. In general use select only for + non-visible symbols (no promts anywhere) and for symbols with + no dependencies. That will limit the usefulness but on the + other hand avoid the illegal configurations all over. kconfig + should one day warn about such things. - numerical ranges: "range" <symbol> <symbol> ["if" <expr>] This allows to limit the range of possible input values for int |