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Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:25:09 +0200
From: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: add generic --set option to scripts/config
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Andi Kleen napsal(a):
>> -	--module|-m option      Turn option into a module
>> -	--state|-s option       Print state of option (n,y,m,undef)
>> +	--module|-m option   Turn option into a module
>> +	--set option value   Set option to arbitrary value
> 
> --set seems like fluff to me, it's redundant compared to what was there
> before.

It could be useful for setting integer options. I personally don't need
that, I just added it for completeness. I can remove it if you don't
like it.

Michal