Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757155Ab3ILV0m (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:26:42 -0400 Received: from mail.nt1.in ([62.90.139.210]:41799 "EHLO mail.nt1.in" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752463Ab3ILV0l (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:26:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:26:36 +0300 From: Regid Ichira To: Rob Landley Cc: "Steven Mr. Procrastinator Rostedt" , Jiri Kosina , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: Alternative configuration commands does not mention make listnewconfig Message-ID: <20130912212636.GH8821@nt1.in> References: <20130912003919.GG8821@nt1.in> <1378973880.1974.11@driftwood> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1378973880.1974.11@driftwood> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1699 Lines: 46 On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 03:18:00AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > On 09/11/2013 07:39:19 PM, Regid Ichira wrote: > >Applied to the tip of linux.git, > > VERSION = 3 PATCHLEVEL = 11 SUBLEVEL = 0 > >Signed-off-by: Regid Ichira > >--- > > README | 4 ++++ > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > > >diff --git a/README b/README > >index a24ec89..f10c16f 100644 > >--- a/README > >+++ b/README > >@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel: > > "make localyesconfig" Similar to localmodconfig, except it > >will convert > > all module options to built in (=y) > >options. > > > >+ "make listnewconfig" Based on the contents of your existing > >./.config > >+ file, print all the new config symbols. > >One at a > >+ line. > >+ > > You can find more information on using the Linux kernel config > >tools > > in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt. > > "make help" does, though. Possibly the README should point people at > that instead of trying to keep a (third?) copy of this info in sync? > > Rob 1) If make help is the second copy of this info, and the README is the third, where is the first, master, copy? 2) Doesn't the README have slightly more information on each option than make help, or that the README info is somewhat better to beginners? Perhaps the README entries should first be combined into make help? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/