Re: Documentation of kconfig language differs from implementation regarding existence of symbols

["Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Michal, Martin, All,

On Thursday 11 October 2012 22:27:36 Michal Marek wrote:
> Dne 10.10.2012 02:17, Martin Walch napsal(a):
> > The file linux/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt says:
> > 
> >> The following two methods produce the same kconfig symbol
> >> dependencies but differ greatly in kconfig symbol existence
> >> (production) in the generated config file.
> >> 
> >> case 1:
> >> 
> >> config FOO tristate "about foo" depends on BAR
> >> 
> >> vs. case 2:
> >> 
> >> if BAR config FOO tristate "about foo" endif
> >> 
> >> In case 1, the symbol FOO will always exist in the config file
> >> (given no other dependencies).  In case 2, the symbol FOO will
> >> only exist in the config file if BAR is enabled.
> > 
> > However, I can not reproduce this. The attached file contains both
> > cases. When running make menuconfig, setting BAR0 and BAR1 both to
> > n, and saving the configuration, there is neither FOO0 nor FOO1 in
> > the resulting configuration file.
> 
> Indeed, that paragraph seems wrong. I think we should revert commit
> 64b81ed. Randy, Arnaud?

I just tested with Martin's example, and:
  - indeed, both symbols appear as "is not set",
  - that paragraph was already wrong for Kconfig at #64b81ed.

Before we trim that paragraph away, what's the purpose of the expected
difference in behavior for the two constructs?

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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