doc: Add docs for the moveconfig tool

Move these docs into htmldocs so they can be read there.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 290 deletions

diff --git a/tools/moveconfig.py b/tools/moveconfig.py
index 41dd803c4ef..f3fd75504f7 100755
--- a/tools/moveconfig.py
+++ b/tools/moveconfig.py
@@ -7,296 +7,7 @@
 """
 Move config options from headers to defconfig files.
 
-Since Kconfig was introduced to U-Boot, we have worked on moving
-config options from headers to Kconfig (defconfig).
-
-This tool intends to help this tremendous work.
-
-Installing
-----------
-
-You may need to install 'python3-asteval' for the 'asteval' module.
-
-Usage
------
-
-First, you must edit the Kconfig to add the menu entries for the configs
-you are moving.
-
-And then run this tool giving CONFIG names you want to move.
-For example, if you want to move CONFIG_CMD_USB and CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE,
-simply type as follows:
-
-  $ tools/moveconfig.py CONFIG_CMD_USB CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
-
-The tool walks through all the defconfig files and move the given CONFIGs.
-
-The log is also displayed on the terminal.
-
-The log is printed for each defconfig as follows:
-
-<defconfig_name>
-    <action1>
-    <action2>
-    <action3>
-    ...
-
-<defconfig_name> is the name of the defconfig.
-
-<action*> shows what the tool did for that defconfig.
-It looks like one of the following:
-
- - Move 'CONFIG_... '
-   This config option was moved to the defconfig
-
- - CONFIG_... is not defined in Kconfig.  Do nothing.
-   The entry for this CONFIG was not found in Kconfig.  The option is not
-   defined in the config header, either.  So, this case can be just skipped.
-
- - CONFIG_... is not defined in Kconfig (suspicious).  Do nothing.
-   This option is defined in the config header, but its entry was not found
-   in Kconfig.
-   There are two common cases:
-     - You forgot to create an entry for the CONFIG before running
-       this tool, or made a typo in a CONFIG passed to this tool.
-     - The entry was hidden due to unmet 'depends on'.
-   The tool does not know if the result is reasonable, so please check it
-   manually.
-
- - 'CONFIG_...' is the same as the define in Kconfig.  Do nothing.
-   The define in the config header matched the one in Kconfig.
-   We do not need to touch it.
-
- - Compiler is missing.  Do nothing.
-   The compiler specified for this architecture was not found
-   in your PATH environment.
-   (If -e option is passed, the tool exits immediately.)
-
- - Failed to process.
-   An error occurred during processing this defconfig.  Skipped.
-   (If -e option is passed, the tool exits immediately on error.)
-
-Finally, you will be asked, Clean up headers? [y/n]:
-
-If you say 'y' here, the unnecessary config defines are removed
-from the config headers (include/configs/*.h).
-It just uses the regex method, so you should not rely on it.
-Just in case, please do 'git diff' to see what happened.
-
-
-How does it work?
------------------
-
-This tool runs configuration and builds include/autoconf.mk for every
-defconfig.  The config options defined in Kconfig appear in the .config
-file (unless they are hidden because of unmet dependency.)
-On the other hand, the config options defined by board headers are seen
-in include/autoconf.mk.  The tool looks for the specified options in both
-of them to decide the appropriate action for the options.  If the given
-config option is found in the .config, but its value does not match the
-one from the board header, the config option in the .config is replaced
-with the define in the board header.  Then, the .config is synced by
-"make savedefconfig" and the defconfig is updated with it.
-
-For faster processing, this tool handles multi-threading.  It creates
-separate build directories where the out-of-tree build is run.  The
-temporary build directories are automatically created and deleted as
-needed.  The number of threads are chosen based on the number of the CPU
-cores of your system although you can change it via -j (--jobs) option.
-
-
-Toolchains
-----------
-
-Appropriate toolchain are necessary to generate include/autoconf.mk
-for all the architectures supported by U-Boot.  Most of them are available
-at the kernel.org site, some are not provided by kernel.org. This tool uses
-the same tools as buildman, so see that tool for setup (e.g. --fetch-arch).
-
-
-Tips and trips
---------------
-
-To sync only X86 defconfigs:
-
-   ./tools/moveconfig.py -s -d <(grep -l X86 configs/*)
-
-or:
-
-   grep -l X86 configs/* | ./tools/moveconfig.py -s -d -
-
-To process CONFIG_CMD_FPGAD only for a subset of configs based on path match:
-
-   ls configs/{hrcon*,iocon*,strider*} | \
-       ./tools/moveconfig.py -Cy CONFIG_CMD_FPGAD -d -
-
-
-Finding implied CONFIGs
------------------------
-
-Some CONFIG options can be implied by others and this can help to reduce
-the size of the defconfig files. For example, CONFIG_X86 implies
-CONFIG_CMD_IRQ, so we can put 'imply CMD_IRQ' under 'config X86' and
-all x86 boards will have that option, avoiding adding CONFIG_CMD_IRQ to
-each of the x86 defconfig files.
-
-This tool can help find such configs. To use it, first build a database:
-
-    ./tools/moveconfig.py -b
-
-Then try to query it:
-
-    ./tools/moveconfig.py -i CONFIG_CMD_IRQ
-    CONFIG_CMD_IRQ found in 311/2384 defconfigs
-    44 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_IFC_A002769
-    41 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A007075
-    31 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_VER_44
-    28 : CONFIG_ARCH_P1010
-    28 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_P1010_A003549
-    28 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_SEC_A003571
-    28 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_IFC_A003399
-    25 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A008044
-    22 : CONFIG_ARCH_P1020
-    21 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_VER_46
-    20 : CONFIG_MAX_PIRQ_LINKS
-    20 : CONFIG_HPET_ADDRESS
-    20 : CONFIG_X86
-    20 : CONFIG_PCIE_ECAM_SIZE
-    20 : CONFIG_IRQ_SLOT_COUNT
-    20 : CONFIG_I8259_PIC
-    20 : CONFIG_CPU_ADDR_BITS
-    20 : CONFIG_RAMBASE
-    20 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A005871
-    20 : CONFIG_PCIE_ECAM_BASE
-    20 : CONFIG_X86_TSC_TIMER
-    20 : CONFIG_I8254_TIMER
-    20 : CONFIG_CMD_GETTIME
-    19 : CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A005812
-    18 : CONFIG_X86_RUN_32BIT
-    17 : CONFIG_CMD_CHIP_CONFIG
-    ...
-
-This shows a list of config options which might imply CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM along
-with how many defconfigs they cover. From this you can see that CONFIG_X86
-implies CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM. Therefore, instead of adding CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM to
-the defconfig of every x86 board, you could add a single imply line to the
-Kconfig file:
-
-    config X86
-        bool "x86 architecture"
-        ...
-        imply CMD_EEPROM
-
-That will cover 20 defconfigs. Many of the options listed are not suitable as
-they are not related. E.g. it would be odd for CONFIG_CMD_GETTIME to imply
-CMD_EEPROM.
-
-Using this search you can reduce the size of moveconfig patches.
-
-You can automatically add 'imply' statements in the Kconfig with the -a
-option:
-
-    ./tools/moveconfig.py -s -i CONFIG_SCSI \
-            -a CONFIG_ARCH_LS1021A,CONFIG_ARCH_LS1043A
-
-This will add 'imply SCSI' to the two CONFIG options mentioned, assuming that
-the database indicates that they do actually imply CONFIG_SCSI and do not
-already have an 'imply SCSI'.
-
-The output shows where the imply is added:
-
-   18 : CONFIG_ARCH_LS1021A       arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/Kconfig:1
-   13 : CONFIG_ARCH_LS1043A       arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/Kconfig:11
-   12 : CONFIG_ARCH_LS1046A       arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/Kconfig:31
-
-The first number is the number of boards which can avoid having a special
-CONFIG_SCSI option in their defconfig file if this 'imply' is added.
-The location at the right is the Kconfig file and line number where the config
-appears. For example, adding 'imply CONFIG_SCSI' to the 'config ARCH_LS1021A'
-in arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/Kconfig at line 1 will help 18 boards to reduce
-the size of their defconfig files.
-
-If you want to add an 'imply' to every imply config in the list, you can use
-
-    ./tools/moveconfig.py -s -i CONFIG_SCSI -a all
-
-To control which ones are displayed, use -I <list> where list is a list of
-options (use '-I help' to see possible options and their meaning).
-
-To skip showing you options that already have an 'imply' attached, use -A.
-
-When you have finished adding 'imply' options you can regenerate the
-defconfig files for affected boards with something like:
-
-    git show --stat | ./tools/moveconfig.py -s -d -
-
-This will regenerate only those defconfigs changed in the current commit.
-If you start with (say) 100 defconfigs being changed in the commit, and add
-a few 'imply' options as above, then regenerate, hopefully you can reduce the
-number of defconfigs changed in the commit.
-
-
-Available options
------------------
-
- -c, --color
-   Surround each portion of the log with escape sequences to display it
-   in color on the terminal.
-
- -C, --commit
-   Create a git commit with the changes when the operation is complete. A
-   standard commit message is used which may need to be edited.
-
- -d, --defconfigs
-  Specify a file containing a list of defconfigs to move.  The defconfig
-  files can be given with shell-style wildcards. Use '-' to read from stdin.
-
- -n, --dry-run
-   Perform a trial run that does not make any changes.  It is useful to
-   see what is going to happen before one actually runs it.
-
- -e, --exit-on-error
-   Exit immediately if Make exits with a non-zero status while processing
-   a defconfig file.
-
- -s, --force-sync
-   Do "make savedefconfig" forcibly for all the defconfig files.
-   If not specified, "make savedefconfig" only occurs for cases
-   where at least one CONFIG was moved.
-
- -S, --spl
-   Look for moved config options in spl/include/autoconf.mk instead of
-   include/autoconf.mk.  This is useful for moving options for SPL build
-   because SPL related options (mostly prefixed with CONFIG_SPL_) are
-   sometimes blocked by CONFIG_SPL_BUILD ifdef conditionals.
-
- -H, --headers-only
-   Only cleanup the headers; skip the defconfig processing
-
- -j, --jobs
-   Specify the number of threads to run simultaneously.  If not specified,
-   the number of threads is the same as the number of CPU cores.
-
- -r, --git-ref
-   Specify the git ref to clone for building the autoconf.mk. If unspecified
-   use the CWD. This is useful for when changes to the Kconfig affect the
-   default values and you want to capture the state of the defconfig from
-   before that change was in effect. If in doubt, specify a ref pre-Kconfig
-   changes (use HEAD if Kconfig changes are not committed). Worst case it will
-   take a bit longer to run, but will always do the right thing.
-
- -v, --verbose
-   Show any build errors as boards are built
-
- -y, --yes
-   Instead of prompting, automatically go ahead with all operations. This
-   includes cleaning up headers, CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS, the config whitelist
-   and the README.
-
-To see the complete list of supported options, run
-
-  $ tools/moveconfig.py -h
-
+See doc/develop/moveconfig.rst for documentation.
 """
 
 import asteval