Re: [patch] kbuild: add automatic updateconfig target

maximilian attems
2006-01-18T22:53:06Z

add an automated target for linux-2.6 daily builds,
sets the new options to their default without manual intervention.

based on a patch by Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>

Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>

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thanks for your suggestions Sam,
the patch is much shorter than previous.

i'm not yet shure why one would introduce an update.config file?
please explain :)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 5760e05..487e75f 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ oldconfig: $(obj)/conf
silentoldconfig: $(obj)/conf
$< -s arch/$(ARCH)/Kconfig

+updateconfig: $(obj)/conf
+ $< -u arch/$(ARCH)/Kconfig
+
update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext
xgettext --default-domain=linux \
--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ \
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ help:
@echo ' xconfig - Update current config utilising a QT based front-end'
@echo ' gconfig - Update current config utilising a GTK based front-end'
@echo ' oldconfig - Update current config utilising a provided .config as base'
+ @echo ' updateconfig - Update current config in an automated way'
@echo ' randconfig - New config with random answer to all options'
@echo ' defconfig - New config with default answer to all options'
@echo ' allmodconfig - New config selecting modules when possible'
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 10eeae5..88c2738 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
input_mode = set_random;
srandom(time(NULL));
break;
+ case 'u':
+ input_mode = set_default;
+ break;
case 'h':
case '?':
printf("%s [-o|-s] config\n", av[0]);