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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-05-07 07:58:05 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-05-07 07:58:05 -0700 |
commit | 685e56d2943bb8bf3b641d85b1b6c69d24f7965f (patch) | |
tree | 7f3ed2dbd080264ac228c913f528e08aa14a9c97 /Documentation/kbuild | |
parent | 57c29bd3cdf1f82a7ba79ea227638b14f607247c (diff) | |
parent | 21ca352b71ca252e1933b1538fe89da8a04395c3 (diff) | |
download | linux-685e56d2943bb8bf3b641d85b1b6c69d24f7965f.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild
Pull kconfig updates from Michal Marek:
- use pkg-config to detect curses libraries
- clean up the way curses headers are searched
- Some randconfig fixes, of which one had to be reverted
- KCONFIG_SEED for randconfig debugging
- memuconfig memory leak plugged
- menuconfig > breadcrumbs > navigation
- xconfig compilation fix
- Other minor fixes
* 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild:
kconfig: fix lists definition for C++
Revert "kconfig: fix randomising choice entries in presence of KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG"
kconfig: implement KCONFIG_PROBABILITY for randconfig
kconfig: allow specifying the seed for randconfig
kconfig: fix randomising choice entries in presence of KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG
kconfig: do not override symbols already set
kconfig: fix randconfig tristate detection
kconfig/lxdialog: rationalise the include paths where to find {.n}curses{,w}.h
menuconfig: Add "breadcrumbs" navigation aid
menuconfig: Fix memory leak introduced by jump keys feature
merge_config.sh: Avoid creating unnessary source softlinks
kconfig: optionally use pkg-config to detect ncurses libs
menuconfig: optionally use pkg-config to detect ncurses libs
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt | 36 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt index b8b77bbc784f..3f429ed8b3b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt @@ -90,6 +90,42 @@ disable the options that are explicitly listed in the specified mini-config files. ______________________________________________________________________ +Environment variables for 'randconfig' + +KCONFIG_SEED +-------------------------------------------------- +You can set this to the integer value used to seed the RNG, if you want +to somehow debug the behaviour of the kconfig parser/frontends. +If not set, the current time will be used. + +KCONFIG_PROBABILITY +-------------------------------------------------- +This variable can be used to skew the probabilities. This variable can +be unset or empty, or set to three different formats: + KCONFIG_PROBABILITY y:n split y:m:n split + ----------------------------------------------------------------- + unset or empty 50 : 50 33 : 33 : 34 + N N : 100-N N/2 : N/2 : 100-N + [1] N:M N+M : 100-(N+M) N : M : 100-(N+M) + [2] N:M:L N : 100-N M : L : 100-(M+L) + +where N, M and L are integers (in base 10) in the range [0,100], and so +that: + [1] N+M is in the range [0,100] + [2] M+L is in the range [0,100] + +Examples: + KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=10 + 10% of booleans will be set to 'y', 90% to 'n' + 5% of tristates will be set to 'y', 5% to 'm', 90% to 'n' + KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=15:25 + 40% of booleans will be set to 'y', 60% to 'n' + 15% of tristates will be set to 'y', 25% to 'm', 60% to 'n' + KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=10:15:15 + 10% of booleans will be set to 'y', 90% to 'n' + 15% of tristates will be set to 'y', 15% to 'm', 70% to 'n' + +______________________________________________________________________ Environment variables for 'silentoldconfig' KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE |