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author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
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committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
commit | 863981e96738983919de841ec669e157e6bdaeb0 (patch) | |
tree | d6d89a12e7eb8017837c057935a2271290907f76 /Documentation/kbuild | |
parent | 8dec7c70575785729a6a9e6719a955e9c545bcab (diff) |
Linux-libre 4.7.1-gnupck-4.7.1-gnu
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index c52856da0..db101857b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -241,9 +241,8 @@ comment "module support disabled" depends on !MODULES MODVERSIONS directly depends on MODULES, this means it's only visible if -MODULES is different from 'n'. The comment on the other hand is always -visible when MODULES is visible (the (empty) dependency of MODULES is -also part of the comment dependencies). +MODULES is different from 'n'. The comment on the other hand is only +visible when MODULES is set to 'n'. Kconfig syntax @@ -285,12 +284,17 @@ choices: "endchoice" This defines a choice group and accepts any of the above attributes as -options. A choice can only be of type bool or tristate, while a boolean -choice only allows a single config entry to be selected, a tristate -choice also allows any number of config entries to be set to 'm'. This -can be used if multiple drivers for a single hardware exists and only a -single driver can be compiled/loaded into the kernel, but all drivers -can be compiled as modules. +options. A choice can only be of type bool or tristate. If no type is +specified for a choice, it's type will be determined by the type of +the first choice element in the group or remain unknown if none of the +choice elements have a type specified, as well. + +While a boolean choice only allows a single config entry to be +selected, a tristate choice also allows any number of config entries +to be set to 'm'. This can be used if multiple drivers for a single +hardware exists and only a single driver can be compiled/loaded into +the kernel, but all drivers can be compiled as modules. + A choice accepts another option "optional", which allows to set the choice to 'n' and no entry needs to be selected. If no [symbol] is associated with a choice, then you can not have multiple |