Re: [PATCH] - Add "def_bool" Kconfig format documentation

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:29:40 +0200 Vincent Legoll wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> here is a small documentation patch for the KConfig file format
> "def_bool" type definition that was missing.

There are also def_boolean and def_tristate.
I suppose that I should resubmit this patch:
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=115471883121076&w=2


> I hope the patch is not mangled...
> 
> >From 4742eb7a3169001304524e82a88ec1c94f70aa56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 16:50:06 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] - Add "def_bool" Kconfig format documentation
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt |    8 ++++++++
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> index 536d5bf..27b8af9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> @@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
>    Optionally, dependencies only for this default value can be added
> with
>    "if".
>  
> +- boolean type definition with a default value: "def_bool" <expr>
> +  So these two examples are equivalent:
> +  
> +    def_bool <expr>
> +  and
> +    bool
> +    default <expr>
> +  
>  - dependencies: "depends on"/"requires" <expr>
>    This defines a dependency for this menu entry. If multiple
>    dependencies are defined, they are connected with '&&'. Dependencies
> -- 


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