kconfig: new configuration interface (nconfig)

This patch was inspired by the kernel projects page, where an ncurses
replacement for menuconfig was mentioned (by Sam Ravnborg).

Building on menuconfig, this patch implements a more modern look
interface using ncurses and ncurses' satellite libraries (menu, panel,
form). The implementation does not depend on lxdialog, which is
currently distributed with the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Nir Tzachar <nir.tzachar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 999e8a7d5bf..75bdf5ae202 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ menuconfig: $(obj)/mconf
 config: $(obj)/conf
         $< $(Kconfig)
 
+nconfig: $(obj)/nconf
+        $< $(Kconfig)
+
 oldconfig: $(obj)/conf
         $< -o $(Kconfig)
 
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ endif
 # Help text used by make help
 help:
         @echo  '  config          - Update current config utilising a line-oriented program'
+        @echo  '  nconfig         - Update current config utilising a ncurses menu based program'
         @echo  '  menuconfig      - Update current config utilising a menu based program'
         @echo  '  xconfig         - Update current config utilising a QT based front-end'
         @echo  '  gconfig         - Update current config utilising a GTK based front-end'
@@ -137,6 +141,8 @@ HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -DLOCALE
 # ===========================================================================
 # Shared Makefile for the various kconfig executables:
 # conf:   Used for defconfig, oldconfig and related targets
+# nconf:  Used for the nconfig target.
+#         Utilizes ncurses
 # mconf:  Used for the menuconfig target
 #         Utilizes the lxdialog package
 # qconf:  Used for the xconfig target
@@ -149,11 +155,16 @@ lxdialog := lxdialog/checklist.o lxdialog/util.o lxdialog/inputbox.o
 lxdialog += lxdialog/textbox.o lxdialog/yesno.o lxdialog/menubox.o
 
 conf-objs       := conf.o  zconf.tab.o
-mconf-objs      := mconf.o zconf.tab.o $(lxdialog)
+mconf-objs     := mconf.o zconf.tab.o $(lxdialog)
+nconf-objs     := nconf.o zconf.tab.o nconf.gui.o
 kxgettext-objs  := kxgettext.o zconf.tab.o
 
 hostprogs-y := conf qconf gconf kxgettext
 
+ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),nconfig)
+        hostprogs-y += nconf
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),menuconfig)
         hostprogs-y += mconf
 endif
@@ -177,7 +188,7 @@ endif
 
 clean-files     := lkc_defs.h qconf.moc .tmp_qtcheck \
                    .tmp_gtkcheck zconf.tab.c lex.zconf.c zconf.hash.c gconf.glade.h
-clean-files     += mconf qconf gconf
+clean-files     += mconf qconf gconf nconf
 clean-files     += config.pot linux.pot
 
 # Check that we have the required ncurses stuff installed for lxdialog (menuconfig)
@@ -202,6 +213,7 @@ HOSTLOADLIBES_gconf	= `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0`
 HOSTCFLAGS_gconf.o      = `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0` \
                           -D LKC_DIRECT_LINK
 
+HOSTLOADLIBES_nconf     = -lmenu -lpanel -lncurses
 $(obj)/qconf.o: $(obj)/.tmp_qtcheck
 
 ifeq ($(qconf-target),1)