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Kconfig now supports new functionality to perform textual substitution.
It has been a while since Linus suggested to move compiler option tests
from makefiles to Kconfig. Finally, here it is. The implementation has
been generalized into a Make-like macro language. Some built-in functions
such as 'shell' are provided. Variables and user-defined functions are
also supported so that 'cc-option', 'ld-option', etc. are implemented as
macros.
Summary:
- refactor package checks for building {m,n,q,g}conf
- remove unused/unmaintained localization support
- remove Kbuild cache
- drop CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE support
- replace 'option env=' with direct variable expansion
- add built-in functions such as 'shell'
- support variables and user-defined functions
- add helper macros as as 'cc-option'
- add unit tests and a document of the new macro language
- add 'testconfig' to help
- fix warnings from GCC 8.1
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Merge tag 'kconfig-v4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild
Pull Kconfig updates from Masahiro Yamada:
"Kconfig now supports new functionality to perform textual
substitution. It has been a while since Linus suggested to move
compiler option tests from makefiles to Kconfig. Finally, here it is.
The implementation has been generalized into a Make-like macro
language.
Some built-in functions such as 'shell' are provided. Variables and
user-defined functions are also supported so that 'cc-option',
'ld-option', etc. are implemented as macros.
Summary:
- refactor package checks for building {m,n,q,g}conf
- remove unused/unmaintained localization support
- remove Kbuild cache
- drop CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE support
- replace 'option env=' with direct variable expansion
- add built-in functions such as 'shell'
- support variables and user-defined functions
- add helper macros as as 'cc-option'
- add unit tests and a document of the new macro language
- add 'testconfig' to help
- fix warnings from GCC 8.1"
* tag 'kconfig-v4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (30 commits)
kconfig: Avoid format overflow warning from GCC 8.1
kbuild: Move last word of nconfig help to the previous line
kconfig: Add testconfig into make help output
kconfig: add basic helper macros to scripts/Kconfig.include
kconfig: show compiler version text in the top comment
kconfig: test: add Kconfig macro language tests
Documentation: kconfig: document a new Kconfig macro language
kconfig: error out if a recursive variable references itself
kconfig: add 'filename' and 'lineno' built-in variables
kconfig: add 'info', 'warning-if', and 'error-if' built-in functions
kconfig: expand lefthand side of assignment statement
kconfig: support append assignment operator
kconfig: support simply expanded variable
kconfig: support user-defined function and recursively expanded variable
kconfig: begin PARAM state only when seeing a command keyword
kconfig: replace $(UNAME_RELEASE) with function call
kconfig: add 'shell' built-in function
kconfig: add built-in function support
kconfig: make default prompt of mainmenu less specific
kconfig: remove sym_expand_string_value()
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.