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From: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>,
	Wayne Boyer <wayne.boyer@intel.com>,
	Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] Remove silentoldconfig from "make help"; fix kconfig/conf's help
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:41:37 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180118014137.28313-1-marc.herbert@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171219012656.23728-1-marc.herbert@intel.com>

As explained by Michal Marek at https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/31/189
silentoldconfig has become a misnomer. It has become an internal interface
so remove it from "make help" to stop confusing people trying to use it as
seen for instance at https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/835632

On the other hand, correct and expand its description in the help of
scripts/kconfig/conf.c

Signed-off-by: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com>
---
v2: rewordings (Masahiro)

 scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 5 ++---
 scripts/kconfig/conf.c   | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 297c1bf35140..ac4bda790922 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  oldconfig	  - Update current config utilising a provided .config as base'
 	@echo  '  localmodconfig  - Update current config disabling modules not loaded'
 	@echo  '  localyesconfig  - Update current config converting local mods to core'
-	@echo  '  silentoldconfig - Same as oldconfig, but quietly, additionally update deps'
 	@echo  '  defconfig	  - New config with default from ARCH supplied defconfig'
 	@echo  '  savedefconfig   - Save current config as ./defconfig (minimal config)'
 	@echo  '  allnoconfig	  - New config where all options are answered with no'
@@ -151,8 +150,8 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  alldefconfig    - New config with all symbols set to default'
 	@echo  '  randconfig	  - New config with random answer to all options'
 	@echo  '  listnewconfig   - List new options'
-	@echo  '  olddefconfig	  - Same as silentoldconfig but sets new symbols to their'
-	@echo  '                    default value'
+	@echo  '  olddefconfig	  - Same as oldconfig but sets new symbols to their'
+	@echo  '                    default value without prompting'
 	@echo  '  kvmconfig	  - Enable additional options for kvm guest kernel support'
 	@echo  '  xenconfig       - Enable additional options for xen dom0 and guest kernel support'
 	@echo  '  tinyconfig	  - Configure the tiniest possible kernel'
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 866369f10ff8..303fbe2ffa04 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -477,8 +477,9 @@ static void conf_usage(const char *progname)
 	printf("  --listnewconfig         List new options\n");
 	printf("  --oldaskconfig          Start a new configuration using a line-oriented program\n");
 	printf("  --oldconfig             Update a configuration using a provided .config as base\n");
-	printf("  --silentoldconfig       Same as oldconfig, but quietly, additionally update deps\n");
-	printf("  --olddefconfig          Same as silentoldconfig but sets new symbols to their default value\n");
+	printf("  --silentoldconfig       Similar to oldconfig but generates configuration in\n"
+	       "                          include/{generated/,config/} (oldconfig used to be more verbose)\n");
+	printf("  --olddefconfig          Same as oldconfig but sets new symbols to their default value\n");
 	printf("  --oldnoconfig           An alias of olddefconfig\n");
 	printf("  --defconfig <file>      New config with default defined in <file>\n");
 	printf("  --savedefconfig <file>  Save the minimal current configuration to <file>\n");
-- 
2.13.6


  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-18  1:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-19  1:26 [PATCH] Remove silentoldconfig from "make help"; fix kconfig/conf's help Marc Herbert
2018-01-04 17:21 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-01-05 22:21   ` Marc Herbert
2018-01-10  7:17     ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-01-12 22:49       ` Marc Herbert
2018-01-18  4:31         ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-01-26 23:00           ` Marc Herbert
2018-01-28  1:28             ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-01-18  1:41 ` Marc Herbert [this message]
2018-01-26 22:59 ` [PATCH v3] Remove silentoldconfig from help and docs; " Marc Herbert
2018-01-28  1:40   ` Masahiro Yamada

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