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authorMarc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com>2018-01-27 01:59:00 +0300
committerMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>2018-01-27 23:48:31 +0300
commitcedd55d49dee941d0e4fabb2f2f555d50c53fad7 (patch)
tree580025188cf3888f63e919f541012dd9a68e1342 /scripts/kconfig
parent1ccb27143360bd2390a9a970e50709f858b53761 (diff)
downloadlinux-cedd55d49dee941d0e4fabb2f2f555d50c53fad7.tar.xz
kconfig: Remove silentoldconfig from help and docs; fix kconfig/conf's help
As explained by Michal Marek at https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/31/189 silentoldconfig has become a misnomer. It has become an internal interface so remove it from "make help" and Documentation/ to stop confusing people using it as seen for instance at https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/835632 Don't remove it from kconfig/Makefile yet not to break any (other) tool using it. On the other hand, correct and expand its description in the help of the (internal) scripts/kconfig/conf.c Signed-off-by: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/kconfig')
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/Makefile7
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/conf.c5
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index a5ab2f7909de..cb3ec53a7c29 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ config: $(obj)/conf
nconfig: $(obj)/nconf
$< $(silent) $(Kconfig)
+# This has become an internal implementation detail and is now deprecated
+# for external use.
silentoldconfig: $(obj)/conf
$(Q)mkdir -p include/config include/generated
$(Q)test -e include/generated/autoksyms.h || \
@@ -144,7 +146,6 @@ help:
@echo ' oldconfig - Update current config utilising a provided .config as base'
@echo ' localmodconfig - Update current config disabling modules not loaded'
@echo ' localyesconfig - Update current config converting local mods to core'
- @echo ' silentoldconfig - Same as oldconfig, but quietly, additionally update deps'
@echo ' defconfig - New config with default from ARCH supplied defconfig'
@echo ' savedefconfig - Save current config as ./defconfig (minimal config)'
@echo ' allnoconfig - New config where all options are answered with no'
@@ -153,8 +154,8 @@ help:
@echo ' alldefconfig - New config with all symbols set to default'
@echo ' randconfig - New config with random answer to all options'
@echo ' listnewconfig - List new options'
- @echo ' olddefconfig - Same as silentoldconfig but sets new symbols to their'
- @echo ' default value'
+ @echo ' olddefconfig - Same as oldconfig but sets new symbols to their'
+ @echo ' default value without prompting'
@echo ' kvmconfig - Enable additional options for kvm guest kernel support'
@echo ' xenconfig - Enable additional options for xen dom0 and guest kernel support'
@echo ' tinyconfig - Configure the tiniest possible kernel'
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index a8a97efd3dfc..307bc3f7b945 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -484,8 +484,9 @@ static void conf_usage(const char *progname)
printf(" --listnewconfig List new options\n");
printf(" --oldaskconfig Start a new configuration using a line-oriented program\n");
printf(" --oldconfig Update a configuration using a provided .config as base\n");
- printf(" --silentoldconfig Same as oldconfig, but quietly, additionally update deps\n");
- printf(" --olddefconfig Same as silentoldconfig but sets new symbols to their default value\n");
+ printf(" --silentoldconfig Similar to oldconfig but generates configuration in\n"
+ " include/{generated/,config/} (oldconfig used to be more verbose)\n");
+ printf(" --olddefconfig Same as oldconfig but sets new symbols to their default value\n");
printf(" --oldnoconfig An alias of olddefconfig\n");
printf(" --defconfig <file> New config with default defined in <file>\n");
printf(" --savedefconfig <file> Save the minimal current configuration to <file>\n");