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Replace outdated help message with a reference to README.  Update README
for make *config variants and environment variable info.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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rddunlap authored and Linus Torvalds committed Apr 19, 2006
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23 changes: 22 additions & 1 deletion README
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Expand Up @@ -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
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion scripts/kconfig/conf.c
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#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
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break;
case 'h':
case '?':
printf("%s [-o|-s] config\n", av[0]);
fprintf(stderr, "See README for usage info\n");
exit(0);
}
}
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