Re: [PATCH 1/1] kconfig: Add a configuration subtree command to kconfig

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

(changed linux-config@ to linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org)

On 11/18/2011 06:16 AM, Konrad Eisele wrote:
> New kconfig command "subsource":
> subsource "<kconfig>" "<cwd>" "<.config>" "<title>"  <internal_prefix> <.config_prefix>
> Allocates <kconfig> as a configuration subtree using <.config> as the configuration
> file to save and load from. <cwd> is the directory path to switch to for "source" to
> work, "<title>" is the Menu tile of the subtree, <internal_prefix> is a internal prefix,
> and <.config_prefix> is the prefix to append/remove when saving/loading <.config>.

That explains what but not why.  You need some justification(s) for such
a large patch.  Maybe even some example usages.

> Signed-off-by: Konrad Eisele <konrad@gaisler.com>
> ---
>  scripts/kconfig/conf.c               |    6 +-
>  scripts/kconfig/confdata.c           |   83 ++-
>  scripts/kconfig/expr.h               |   16 +
>  scripts/kconfig/gconf.c              |    3 +
>  scripts/kconfig/lkc.h                |    1 +
>  scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h          |   12 +-
>  scripts/kconfig/mconf.c              |   13 +-
>  scripts/kconfig/menu.c               |   18 +-
>  scripts/kconfig/nconf.c              |   13 +-
>  scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc             |    3 +
>  scripts/kconfig/symbol.c             |   50 ++-
>  scripts/kconfig/util.c               |   49 ++
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.gperf          |    1 +
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c_shipped |  252 +++++-----
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.l              |   50 ++-
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c_shipped  |   52 ++-
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped  |  985 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.y              |   23 +-
>  18 files changed, 991 insertions(+), 639 deletions(-)



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