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| author | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2008-06-19 08:11:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2008-06-19 08:11:43 +0000 |
| commit | 1b6f2e0f4c8445100f1ea6bea5b89db15dba0175 (patch) | |
| tree | 47203e44f22361896d63103608f32c2d8ba87e13 /package/config/kconfig-language.txt | |
| parent | 2c2796719afce7b7a64fa1dd0bec736b10e371da (diff) | |
package/config: rebase from upstream (2.6.23.14)
From Bernhards tree (2737cfdd)
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/config/kconfig-language.txt b/package/config/kconfig-language.txt index 536d5bfbd..fe8b0c489 100644 --- a/package/config/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/package/config/kconfig-language.txt @@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). times, the limit is set to the largest selection. Reverse dependencies can only be used with boolean or tristate symbols. + Note: + select is evil.... select will by brute force set a symbol + equal to 'y' without visiting the dependencies. So abusing + select you are able to select a symbol FOO even if FOO depends + on BAR that is not set. In general use select only for + non-visible symbols (no promts anywhere) and for symbols with + no dependencies. That will limit the usefulness but on the + other hand avoid the illegal configurations all over. kconfig + should one day warn about such things. - numerical ranges: "range" <symbol> <symbol> ["if" <expr>] This allows to limit the range of possible input values for int |