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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-14 23:12:18 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-14 23:12:18 +0200
commit45e3e1935e2857c54783291107d33323b3ef33c8 (patch)
tree26a6e3228b52d0f96f6e56e5879ca898fe909592 /Documentation
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next
* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next: (53 commits) .gitignore: ignore *.lzma files kbuild: add generic --set-str option to scripts/config kbuild: simplify argument loop in scripts/config kbuild: handle non-existing options in scripts/config kallsyms: generalize text region handling kallsyms: support kernel symbols in Blackfin on-chip memory documentation: make version fix kbuild: fix a compile warning gitignore: Add GNU GLOBAL files to top .gitignore kbuild: fix delay in setlocalversion on readonly source README: fix misleading pointer to the defconf directory vmlinux.lds.h update kernel-doc: cleanup perl script Improve vmlinux.lds.h support for arch specific linker scripts kbuild: fix headers_exports with boolean expression kbuild/headers_check: refine extern check kbuild: fix "Argument list too long" error for "make headers_check", ignore *.patch files Remove bashisms from scripts menu: fix embedded menu presentation ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/Changes4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt116
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt2
3 files changed, 63 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index d21b3b5aa543..664392481c84 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with
isdn4k-utils.
o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version
-o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version
+o Gnu make 3.80 # make --version
o binutils 2.12 # ld -v
o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ computer.
Make
----
-You will need Gnu make 3.79.1 or later to build the kernel.
+You will need Gnu make 3.80 or later to build the kernel.
Binutils
--------
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:
(Yes, we need something better here.)
-
-======================================================================
-menuconfig
---------------------------------------------------
-
-SEARCHING for CONFIG symbols
-
-Searching in menuconfig:
-
- The Search function searches for kernel configuration symbol
- names, so you have to know something close to what you are
- looking for.
-
- Example:
- /hotplug
- This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
- e.g., HOTPLUG, HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
-
- For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
- <Help>) and Enter. This will tell you that you can also use
- regular expressions (regexes) in the search string, so if you
- are not interested in MEMORY_HOTPLUG, you could try
-
- /^hotplug
-
-
______________________________________________________________________
-Color Themes for 'menuconfig'
+Environment variables for '*config'
-It is possible to select different color themes using the variable
-MENUCONFIG_COLOR. To select a theme use:
+KCONFIG_CONFIG
+--------------------------------------------------
+This environment variable can be used to specify a default kernel config
+file name to override the default name of ".config".
- make MENUCONFIG_COLOR=<theme> menuconfig
+KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG
+--------------------------------------------------
+If you set KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG in the environment, Kconfig will not
+break symlinks when .config is a symlink to somewhere else.
-Available themes are:
- mono => selects colors suitable for monochrome displays
- blackbg => selects a color scheme with black background
- classic => theme with blue background. The classic look
- bluetitle => a LCD friendly version of classic. (default)
+KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP
+--------------------------------------------------
+If this environment variable exists and is non-null, the timestamp line
+in generated .config files is omitted.
______________________________________________________________________
-Environment variables in 'menuconfig'
+Environment variables for '{allyes/allmod/allno/rand}config'
KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG
--------------------------------------------------
@@ -95,8 +73,7 @@ values.
This enables you to create "miniature" config (miniconfig) or custom
config files containing just the config symbols that you are interested
in. Then the kernel config system generates the full .config file,
-including dependencies of your miniconfig file, based on the miniconfig
-file.
+including symbols of your miniconfig file.
This 'KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG' file is a config file which contains
(usually a subset of all) preset config symbols. These variable
@@ -113,26 +90,14 @@ These examples will disable most options (allnoconfig) but enable or
disable the options that are explicitly listed in the specified
mini-config files.
+______________________________________________________________________
+Environment variables for 'silentoldconfig'
+
KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE
--------------------------------------------------
If this variable has a non-blank value, it prevents silent kernel
config udpates (requires explicit updates).
-KCONFIG_CONFIG
---------------------------------------------------
-This environment variable can be used to specify a default kernel config
-file name to override the default name of ".config".
-
-KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG
---------------------------------------------------
-If you set KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG in the environment, Kconfig will not
-break symlinks when .config is a symlink to somewhere else.
-
-KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP
---------------------------------------------------
-If this environment variable exists and is non-null, the timestamp line
-in generated .config files is omitted.
-
KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG
--------------------------------------------------
This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
@@ -143,15 +108,54 @@ KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER
This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
"autoconf.h" (header) file. Its default value is "include/linux/autoconf.h".
+
+======================================================================
+menuconfig
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+SEARCHING for CONFIG symbols
+
+Searching in menuconfig:
+
+ The Search function searches for kernel configuration symbol
+ names, so you have to know something close to what you are
+ looking for.
+
+ Example:
+ /hotplug
+ This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
+ e.g., HOTPLUG, HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
+
+ For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
+ <Help>) and Enter. This will tell you that you can also use
+ regular expressions (regexes) in the search string, so if you
+ are not interested in MEMORY_HOTPLUG, you could try
+
+ /^hotplug
+
______________________________________________________________________
-menuconfig User Interface Options
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+User interface options for 'menuconfig'
+
+MENUCONFIG_COLOR
+--------------------------------------------------
+It is possible to select different color themes using the variable
+MENUCONFIG_COLOR. To select a theme use:
+
+ make MENUCONFIG_COLOR=<theme> menuconfig
+
+Available themes are:
+ mono => selects colors suitable for monochrome displays
+ blackbg => selects a color scheme with black background
+ classic => theme with blue background. The classic look
+ bluetitle => a LCD friendly version of classic. (default)
+
MENUCONFIG_MODE
--------------------------------------------------
This mode shows all sub-menus in one large tree.
Example:
- MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu make menuconfig
+ make MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu menuconfig
+
======================================================================
xconfig
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
index b1096da953c8..0767cf69c69e 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ following files:
KERNELDIR := /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
all::
- $(MAKE) -C $KERNELDIR M=`pwd` $@
+ $(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=`pwd` $@
# Module specific targets
genbin: