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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 14 |
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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 diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 13f888a02..385a5ef41 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles. --- 7.2 genhdr-y --- 7.3 destination-y --- 7.4 generic-y + --- 7.5 generated-y === 8 Kbuild Variables === 9 Makefile language @@ -1319,6 +1320,19 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. Example: termios.h #include <asm-generic/termios.h> + --- 7.5 generated-y + + If an architecture generates other header files alongside generic-y + wrappers, and not included in genhdr-y, then generated-y specifies + them. + + This prevents them being treated as stale asm-generic wrappers and + removed. + + Example: + #arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild + generated-y += syscalls_32.h + === 8 Kbuild Variables The top Makefile exports the following variables: |