* Documentation mismatch in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@ 2005-07-04 14:59 Bodo Eggert
2005-07-08 22:17 ` Adrian Bunk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bodo Eggert @ 2005-07-04 14:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
--- Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt ---
- input prompt: "prompt" <prompt> ["if" <expr>]
Every menu entry can have at most one prompt, which is used to display
to the user. Optionally dependencies only for this prompt can be added
with "if".
---
This is misleading, since the "if" will not affect only the prompt, but
also the config option.
Therefore I can't use
config SGI_IOC4
tristate
prompt "SGI IOC4 Base IO support" if PROMPT_FOR_UNUSED_CORES
depends on (IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2) && MMTIMER
default n
to hide this option unless PROMPT_FOR_UNUSED_CORES is selected.
Since the "if" is useless, misleading and redundand with this behaviour, I
suggest stripping it out.
--
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2005-07-04 14:59 Documentation mismatch in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt Bodo Eggert
@ 2005-07-08 22:17 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-07-09 7:37 ` Bodo Eggert
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Adrian Bunk @ 2005-07-08 22:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bodo Eggert; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 04:59:18PM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> --- Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt ---
> - input prompt: "prompt" <prompt> ["if" <expr>]
> Every menu entry can have at most one prompt, which is used to display
> to the user. Optionally dependencies only for this prompt can be added
> with "if".
> ---
>
> This is misleading, since the "if" will not affect only the prompt, but
> also the config option.
>
> Therefore I can't use
> config SGI_IOC4
> tristate
> prompt "SGI IOC4 Base IO support" if PROMPT_FOR_UNUSED_CORES
> depends on (IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2) && MMTIMER
> default n
>
> to hide this option unless PROMPT_FOR_UNUSED_CORES is selected.
>
> Since the "if" is useless, misleading and redundand with this behaviour, I
> suggest stripping it out.
"if" is valuable in "default y" cases.
cu
Adrian
--
"Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
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2005-07-08 22:17 ` Adrian Bunk
@ 2005-07-09 7:37 ` Bodo Eggert
2005-07-09 9:36 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-07-09 13:24 ` Roman Zippel
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bodo Eggert @ 2005-07-09 7:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Adrian Bunk; +Cc: Bodo Eggert, linux-kernel
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 04:59:18PM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
...
> > Therefore I can't use
> > config SGI_IOC4
> > tristate
> > prompt "SGI IOC4 Base IO support" if PROMPT_FOR_UNUSED_CORES
> > depends on (IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2) && MMTIMER
> > default n
...
> > Since the "if" is useless, misleading and redundand with this behaviour, I
> > suggest stripping it out.
>
> "if" is valuable in "default y" cases.
It should be, but either it's really applied to the config instead of the
prompt (in which can also be added to the depends on list) or the
menuconfig '/' function has bogus output.
--
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* Re: Documentation mismatch in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
2005-07-09 7:37 ` Bodo Eggert
@ 2005-07-09 9:36 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-07-09 21:14 ` Bodo Eggert
2005-07-09 13:24 ` Roman Zippel
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Adrian Bunk @ 2005-07-09 9:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bodo Eggert; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 09:37:48AM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 04:59:18PM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
>
> ...
> > > Therefore I can't use
> > > config SGI_IOC4
> > > tristate
> > > prompt "SGI IOC4 Base IO support" if PROMPT_FOR_UNUSED_CORES
> > > depends on (IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2) && MMTIMER
> > > default n
> ...
> > > Since the "if" is useless, misleading and redundand with this behaviour, I
> > > suggest stripping it out.
> >
> > "if" is valuable in "default y" cases.
>
> It should be, but either it's really applied to the config instead of the
> prompt (in which can also be added to the depends on list) or the
> menuconfig '/' function has bogus output.
config FUTEX
bool "Enable futex support" if EMBEDDED
default y
This option is always "y" if EMBEDDED=n.
This option is uservisible if EMBEDDED=y.
I don't understand what's not working for you in this case.
cu
Adrian
--
"Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
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2005-07-09 9:36 ` Adrian Bunk
@ 2005-07-09 21:14 ` Bodo Eggert
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bodo Eggert @ 2005-07-09 21:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Adrian Bunk; +Cc: Bodo Eggert, linux-kernel
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 09:37:48AM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
[menu dependencies "if" vs. "depends on"]
> > It should be, but either it's really applied to the config instead of the
> > prompt (in which can also be added to the depends on list) or the
> > menuconfig '/' function has bogus output.
>
> config FUTEX
> bool "Enable futex support" if EMBEDDED
> default y
>
> This option is always "y" if EMBEDDED=n.
> This option is uservisible if EMBEDDED=y.
>
> I don't understand what's not working for you in this case.
I used make menuconfig for diagnosis, and it's output meges "depends on"
with "if". Therefore I had to asume that the config logic does the same.
--
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* Re: Documentation mismatch in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
2005-07-09 7:37 ` Bodo Eggert
2005-07-09 9:36 ` Adrian Bunk
@ 2005-07-09 13:24 ` Roman Zippel
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Roman Zippel @ 2005-07-09 13:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bodo Eggert; +Cc: Adrian Bunk, linux-kernel
Hi,
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 04:59:18PM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
>
> ...
> > > Therefore I can't use
> > > config SGI_IOC4
> > > tristate
> > > prompt "SGI IOC4 Base IO support" if PROMPT_FOR_UNUSED_CORES
> > > depends on (IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2) && MMTIMER
> > > default n
> ...
> > > Since the "if" is useless, misleading and redundand with this behaviour, I
> > > suggest stripping it out.
> >
> > "if" is valuable in "default y" cases.
>
> It should be, but either it's really applied to the config instead of the
> prompt (in which can also be added to the depends on list) or the
> menuconfig '/' function has bogus output.
It's not bogus but simplified, look at the xconfig debug info for a more
correct representation of the internal data.
bye, Roman
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