thank you. I wrote some scripts to analyze the distribution of the config options and I was wonder whether developers use CONFIG_SOMETHING format for non configuration purposes.
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Ahmad Jbara wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I know that config option looks like CONFIG_SOMETHING. Also, each > > config option is defined in the Kconfig file and later appears in > > the implementation files. I searched the implemnetation files and > > found some config options that are not defined in the Kconfig files. > > Anybody knows to explain that to me ? thank you. > > it happens, and i've been running for quite some time scanning > scripts that search the kernel source tree for just such things and > report them. > > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Kernel_cleanup > > if you find what you think is an actual error, report it to the > appropriate maintainer. in most cases, those are harmless oversights. > > rday > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Top-notch, inexpensive online Linux/OSS/kernel courses > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > -- *Ahmad Jbara Netanya Academic College http://www.netanya.ac.il*
