Michal, Martin, All, On Thursday 11 October 2012 22:27:36 Michal Marek wrote: > Dne 10.10.2012 02:17, Martin Walch napsal(a): > > The file linux/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt says: > > > >> The following two methods produce the same kconfig symbol > >> dependencies but differ greatly in kconfig symbol existence > >> (production) in the generated config file. > >> > >> case 1: > >> > >> config FOO tristate "about foo" depends on BAR > >> > >> vs. case 2: > >> > >> if BAR config FOO tristate "about foo" endif > >> > >> In case 1, the symbol FOO will always exist in the config file > >> (given no other dependencies). In case 2, the symbol FOO will > >> only exist in the config file if BAR is enabled. > > > > However, I can not reproduce this. The attached file contains both > > cases. When running make menuconfig, setting BAR0 and BAR1 both to > > n, and saving the configuration, there is neither FOO0 nor FOO1 in > > the resulting configuration file. > > Indeed, that paragraph seems wrong. I think we should revert commit > 64b81ed. Randy, Arnaud?
I just tested with Martin's example, and: - indeed, both symbols appear as "is not set", - that paragraph was already wrong for Kconfig at #64b81ed. Before we trim that paragraph away, what's the purpose of the expected difference in behavior for the two constructs? Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------' -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
