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PATCH In review Vincent Legoll 3 participants 4 messages Aug 6, 2007 – Aug 13, 2007

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PATCH 1/1 - Add "def_bool" Kconfig format documentation

Hello,

here is a small documentation patch for the KConfig file format "def_bool" type definition that was missing.

I hope the patch is not mangled...

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From 4742eb7a3169001304524e82a88ec1c94f70aa56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Vincent Legoll <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 16:50:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] - Add "def_bool" Kconfig format documentation

Signed-off-by Vincent Legoll <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +0 -0
index 536d5bf..27b8af9 100644
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
   Optionally, dependencies only for this default value can be added

with
"if".

+- boolean type definition with a default value: "def_bool" <expr>
+  So these two examples are equivalent:
+  
+    def_bool <expr>
+  and
+    bool
+    default <expr>
+

- dependencies: "depends on"/"requires" <expr>
This defines a dependency for this menu entry. If multiple dependencies are defined, they are connected with '&&'. Dependencies

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Quoted 4 lines · On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:29:40 +0200 Vincent Legoll wrote:

Hello,

here is a small documentation patch for the KConfig file format "def_bool" type definition that was missing.

There are also def_boolean and def_tristate.
I suppose that I should resubmit this patch:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=115471883121076&w=2

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I hope the patch is not mangled...

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From 4742eb7a3169001304524e82a88ec1c94f70aa56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Vincent Legoll <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 16:50:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] - Add "def_bool" Kconfig format documentation

Signed-off-by Vincent Legoll <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +0 -0
index 536d5bf..27b8af9 100644
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
   Optionally, dependencies only for this default value can be added

with
"if".

+- boolean type definition with a default value: "def_bool" <expr>

Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt

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Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +7 -0
+  So these two examples are equivalent:
+  
+    def_bool <expr>
+  and
+    bool
+    default <expr>
+  
 - dependencies: "depends on"/"requires" <expr>
   This defines a dependency for this menu entry. If multiple
   dependencies are defined, they are connected with '&&'. Dependencies

---
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***

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Quoted 8 lines · Randy Dunlap
Quoted 4 lines · On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:29:40 +0200 Vincent Legoll wrote:

Hello,

here is a small documentation patch for the KConfig file format "def_bool" type definition that was missing.

There are also def_boolean and def_tristate.

while the parser recognizes "def_boolean", it's not used anywhere in the tree. perhaps it can simply be dropped in favour of def_bool.

rday

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