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| author | Eric W. Biederman | 2012-04-26 01:51:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Michal Marek | 2012-05-05 00:24:07 +0200 |
| commit | 5efe241eac80bb534fed0a965684c2d7527af5bf (patch) | |
| tree | 19ed9588bd0dc9c435ccbdc8b688acca7afc66ce /Documentation/kbuild | |
| parent | dd775ae2549217d3ae09363e3edb305d0fa19928 (diff) | |
kconfig: Add error handling to KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG
- 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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt index 9d5f2a90dca9..a09f1a6a830c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt @@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG -------------------------------------------------- (partially based on lkml email from/by Rob Landley, re: miniconfig) -------------------------------------------------- -The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can -also use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG as a flag or a -filename that contains config symbols that the user requires to be -set to a specific value. If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG is used without a -filename, "make *config" checks for a file named -"all{yes/mod/no/def/random}.config" (corresponding to the *config command -that was used) for symbol values that are to be forced. If this file -is not found, it checks for a file named "all.config" to contain forced -values. +The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can also +use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG as a flag or a filename +that contains config symbols that the user requires to be set to a +specific value. If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG is used without a filename where +KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG == "" or KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG == "1", "make *config" +checks for a file named "all{yes/mod/no/def/random}.config" +(corresponding to the *config command that was used) for symbol values +that are to be forced. If this file is not found, it checks for a +file named "all.config" to contain forced values. This enables you to create "miniature" config (miniconfig) or custom config files containing just the config symbols that you are interested |