From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:32713 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751931Ab0KAR2M (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:28:12 -0400 Message-ID: <4CCEEB74.9010809@oracle.com> Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:31:48 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: config help References: <3B997B64E0C94A689C4C5FDBD09AF912@PC200810081817> <20101029100707.2a9afc5c.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <942B93F2162249F3B4CE745DAF6FD9E1@PC200810081817> In-Reply-To: <942B93F2162249F3B4CE745DAF6FD9E1@PC200810081817> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Yihe Chen Cc: linux kbuild list On 10/29/10 18:24, Yihe Chen wrote: >> On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:01:55 +0800 Yihe Chen wrote: >> >>> Where to find information or helping stuff or usage info on those config >>> tools, like conf/gconf etc. >> >> >> Begin with the README file in the top-level directory of the linux >> source tree. >> >> For menuconfig: use ? >> >> For nconfig (in recent kernels): use 1 or >> >> For gconfig: click on Help >> >> For xconfig: click on Help >> >> There is also some help info in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt . >> > / > First, thanks for your reply. I'm reanding scripts/kconfig/Makfile, and > tacking > notice of some options used with conf tool, like -r -y -n -m -d and -D. What kernel version are you looking at? Something before 2.6.36 ? I ask that because in 2.6.36 and later, the config command line tool only uses long option strings (like --oldconfig), not short option strings (like -o). Anyway, in 2.6.35, scripts/kconfig/Makefile is fairly clear on those short option strings: -o oldconfig -s silentoldconfig -r randconfig -y allyesconfig -n allnoconfig -m allmodconfig -d defconfig -D filename use filename as default configuration > Now I havn't a clear understanding on those meaning. I want to look some > text notice > about this. Though I could find info from scripts/kconfig/conf.c, I > don't want to > befoul my fingers by the fucking code currently. -- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***