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author | Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> | 2008-01-14 06:50:54 +0300 |
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committer | Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> | 2008-01-29 01:14:39 +0300 |
commit | 93449082e905ce73d0346d617dd67c4b668b58af (patch) | |
tree | eba7030f32ce18fa71562224ee2e0d8ddda33421 /Documentation/kbuild | |
parent | 7a962923359768e04137125bd479fd0dfa6117d3 (diff) | |
download | linux-93449082e905ce73d0346d617dd67c4b668b58af.tar.xz |
kconfig: environment symbol support
Add the possibility to import a value from the environment into kconfig
via the option syntax. Beside flexibility this has the advantage
providing proper dependencies.
Documented the options syntax.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index 53ca12f7999f..a43fcc68e171 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -127,6 +127,27 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). used to help visually separate configuration logic from help within the file as an aid to developers. +- misc options: "option" <symbol>[=<value>] + Various less common options can be defined via this option syntax, + which can modify the behaviour of the menu entry and its config + symbol. These options are currently possible: + + - "defconfig_list" + This declares a list of default entries which can be used when + looking for the default configuration (which is used when the main + .config doesn't exists yet.) + + - "modules" + This declares the symbol to be used as the MODULES symbol, which + enables the third modular state for all config symbols. + + - "env"=<value> + This imports the environment variable into Kconfig. It behaves like + a default, except that the value comes from the environment, this + also means that the behaviour when mixing it with normal defaults is + undefined at this point. The symbol is currently not exported back + to the build environment (if this is desired, it can be done via + another symbol). Menu dependencies ----------------- |