From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gwr Subject: Kconfig Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:59:43 +0200 Message-ID: <5034916F.2090506@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-config-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-config@vger.kernel.org Hello, I am working on kernel 2.6.32.38, and I see : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ arch/x86/Kconfig, 202 : ============= config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS def_bool y depends on SMP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ arch/Kconfig, 112 : =========== config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS bool ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Although we have this in Kconfig documentation, ================================================ A config option can be defined multiple times with the same name, but every definition can have only a single input prompt and the type must not conflict. ================================================ here, - the first definition is a child of "Linux Kernel Configuration for x86" MainMenu ( arch/x86/Kconfig, 1 ) - the second definition is a child of "General setup" Menu ( init/Kconfig, 24 ) So the hierarchy is different ; Can someone give explanations on this ? Thx