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authorMarkus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>2009-05-17 19:36:47 -0400
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>2009-06-09 16:37:47 -0400
commit98f540d31ba0d3598b52177e194dde0bc498352d (patch)
tree7c1c7f89e04c3a9b9246cf57dddfaf9641624a3a /Documentation/kbuild
parent590a5857291e88c00a1be53fb373e8bf82f86284 (diff)
kconfig: resort the documentation of the environment variables
All the KCONFIG_ environment variables were previously located in a section "Environment variables in 'menuconfig'", but neither are they restricted to 'menuconfig' nor are they all used by 'menuconfig'. Introduce the following three sections for these variables: * Environment variables for '*config' * Environment variables for '{allyes/allmod/allno/rand}config' * Environment variables for 'silentoldconfig' Furthermore this puts MENUCONFIG_MODE next to MENUCONFIG_COLOR into a common section "User interface options for 'menuconfig'". Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt116
1 files changed, 60 insertions, 56 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index 26a7c0a93193..849b5e56d06f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -35,48 +35,26 @@ new .config files to see the differences:
35 35
36(Yes, we need something better here.) 36(Yes, we need something better here.)
37 37
38
39======================================================================
40menuconfig
41--------------------------------------------------
42
43SEARCHING for CONFIG symbols
44
45Searching in menuconfig:
46
47 The Search function searches for kernel configuration symbol
48 names, so you have to know something close to what you are
49 looking for.
50
51 Example:
52 /hotplug
53 This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
54 e.g., HOTPLUG, HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
55
56 For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
57 <Help>) and Enter. This will tell you that you can also use
58 regular expressions (regexes) in the search string, so if you
59 are not interested in MEMORY_HOTPLUG, you could try
60
61 /^hotplug
62
63
64______________________________________________________________________ 38______________________________________________________________________
65Color Themes for 'menuconfig' 39Environment variables for '*config'
66 40
67It is possible to select different color themes using the variable 41KCONFIG_CONFIG
68MENUCONFIG_COLOR. To select a theme use: 42--------------------------------------------------
43This environment variable can be used to specify a default kernel config
44file name to override the default name of ".config".
69 45
70 make MENUCONFIG_COLOR=<theme> menuconfig 46KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG
47--------------------------------------------------
48If you set KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG in the environment, Kconfig will not
49break symlinks when .config is a symlink to somewhere else.
71 50
72Available themes are: 51KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP
73 mono => selects colors suitable for monochrome displays 52--------------------------------------------------
74 blackbg => selects a color scheme with black background 53If this environment variable exists and is non-null, the timestamp line
75 classic => theme with blue background. The classic look 54in generated .config files is omitted.
76 bluetitle => a LCD friendly version of classic. (default)
77 55
78______________________________________________________________________ 56______________________________________________________________________
79Environment variables in 'menuconfig' 57Environment variables for '{allyes/allmod/allno/rand}config'
80 58
81KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG 59KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG
82-------------------------------------------------- 60--------------------------------------------------
@@ -95,8 +73,7 @@ values.
95This enables you to create "miniature" config (miniconfig) or custom 73This enables you to create "miniature" config (miniconfig) or custom
96config files containing just the config symbols that you are interested 74config files containing just the config symbols that you are interested
97in. Then the kernel config system generates the full .config file, 75in. Then the kernel config system generates the full .config file,
98including dependencies of your miniconfig file, based on the miniconfig 76including symbols of your miniconfig file.
99file.
100 77
101This 'KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG' file is a config file which contains 78This 'KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG' file is a config file which contains
102(usually a subset of all) preset config symbols. These variable 79(usually a subset of all) preset config symbols. These variable
@@ -113,26 +90,14 @@ These examples will disable most options (allnoconfig) but enable or
113disable the options that are explicitly listed in the specified 90disable the options that are explicitly listed in the specified
114mini-config files. 91mini-config files.
115 92
93______________________________________________________________________
94Environment variables for 'silentoldconfig'
95
116KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE 96KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE
117-------------------------------------------------- 97--------------------------------------------------
118If this variable has a non-blank value, it prevents silent kernel 98If this variable has a non-blank value, it prevents silent kernel
119config udpates (requires explicit updates). 99config udpates (requires explicit updates).
120 100
121KCONFIG_CONFIG
122--------------------------------------------------
123This environment variable can be used to specify a default kernel config
124file name to override the default name of ".config".
125
126KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG
127--------------------------------------------------
128If you set KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG in the environment, Kconfig will not
129break symlinks when .config is a symlink to somewhere else.
130
131KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP
132--------------------------------------------------
133If this environment variable exists and is non-null, the timestamp line
134in generated .config files is omitted.
135
136KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG 101KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG
137-------------------------------------------------- 102--------------------------------------------------
138This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the 103This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
@@ -143,15 +108,54 @@ KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER
143This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the 108This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
144"autoconf.h" (header) file. Its default value is "include/linux/autoconf.h". 109"autoconf.h" (header) file. Its default value is "include/linux/autoconf.h".
145 110
111
112======================================================================
113menuconfig
114--------------------------------------------------
115
116SEARCHING for CONFIG symbols
117
118Searching in menuconfig:
119
120 The Search function searches for kernel configuration symbol
121 names, so you have to know something close to what you are
122 looking for.
123
124 Example:
125 /hotplug
126 This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
127 e.g., HOTPLUG, HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
128
129 For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
130 <Help>) and Enter. This will tell you that you can also use
131 regular expressions (regexes) in the search string, so if you
132 are not interested in MEMORY_HOTPLUG, you could try
133
134 /^hotplug
135
146______________________________________________________________________ 136______________________________________________________________________
147menuconfig User Interface Options 137User interface options for 'menuconfig'
148---------------------------------------------------------------------- 138
139MENUCONFIG_COLOR
140--------------------------------------------------
141It is possible to select different color themes using the variable
142MENUCONFIG_COLOR. To select a theme use:
143
144 make MENUCONFIG_COLOR=<theme> menuconfig
145
146Available themes are:
147 mono => selects colors suitable for monochrome displays
148 blackbg => selects a color scheme with black background
149 classic => theme with blue background. The classic look
150 bluetitle => a LCD friendly version of classic. (default)
151
149MENUCONFIG_MODE 152MENUCONFIG_MODE
150-------------------------------------------------- 153--------------------------------------------------
151This mode shows all sub-menus in one large tree. 154This mode shows all sub-menus in one large tree.
152 155
153Example: 156Example:
154 MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu make menuconfig 157 make MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu menuconfig
158
155 159
156====================================================================== 160======================================================================
157xconfig 161xconfig