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| author | Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> | 2006-04-18 22:21:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-04-19 09:13:52 -0700 |
| commit | 9dfb563b07b1aafcd7d40528ebfa7f9ce28f0556 (patch) | |
| tree | 1eebd3f2a8be3a9d42ffed3d976fee254a349b23 /README | |
| parent | 7420884c038f326bdac3a8ded856033523e7684e (diff) | |
[PATCH] config: update usage/help info
Replace outdated help message with a reference to README. Update README
for make *config variants and environment variable info.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 23 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -165,10 +165,31 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel: "make xconfig" X windows (Qt) based configuration tool. "make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool. "make oldconfig" Default all questions based on the contents of - your existing ./.config file. + your existing ./.config file and asking about + new config symbols. "make silentoldconfig" Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen with questions already answered. + "make defconfig" Create a ./.config file by using the default + symbol values from arch/$ARCH/defconfig. + "make allyesconfig" + Create a ./.config file by setting symbol + values to 'y' as much as possible. + "make allmodconfig" + Create a ./.config file by setting symbol + values to 'm' as much as possible. + "make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol + values to 'n' as much as possible. + "make randconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol + values to random values. + + The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can + also use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG to specify a + filename that contains config options that the user requires to be + set to a specific value. If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=filename is not used, + "make *config" checks for a file named "all{yes/mod/no/random}.config" + for symbol values that are to be forced. If this file is not found, + it checks for a file named "all.config" to contain forced values. NOTES on "make config": - having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can |