[PATCH] config: update usage/help info

Replace outdated help message with a reference to README. Update README for make *config variants and environment variable info. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

[PATCH] config: update usage/help info
Replace outdated help message with a reference to README. Update README for make *config variants and environment variable info. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Randy Dunlap · Linus Torvalds
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README
scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -165,10 +165,31 @@
 	"make xconfig"     X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
 	"make gconfig"     X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
 	"make oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of
-			   your existing ./.config file.
+			   your existing ./.config file and asking about
+			   new config symbols.
 	"make silentoldconfig"
 			   Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
 			   with questions already answered.
+	"make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
+			   symbol values from arch/$ARCH/defconfig.
+	"make allyesconfig"
+			   Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
+			   values to 'y' as much as possible.
+	"make allmodconfig"
+			   Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
+			   values to 'm' as much as possible.
+	"make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
+			   values to 'n' as much as possible.
+	"make randconfig"  Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
+			   values to random values.
+
+   The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can
+   also use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG to specify a
+   filename that contains config options that the user requires to be
+   set to a specific value.  If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=filename is not used,
+   "make *config" checks for a file named "all{yes/mod/no/random}.config"
+   for symbol values that are to be forced.  If this file is not found,
+   it checks for a file named "all.config" to contain forced values.
  
 	NOTES on "make config":
 	- having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -531,7 +532,7 @@
 			break;
 		case 'h':
 		case '?':
-			printf("%s [-o|-s] config\n", av[0]);
+			fprintf(stderr, "See README for usage info\n");
 			exit(0);
 		}
 	}
...	...	@@ -165,10 +165,31 @@
165	165	"make xconfig" X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
166	166	"make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
167	167	"make oldconfig" Default all questions based on the contents of
168		- your existing ./.config file.
	168	+ your existing ./.config file and asking about
	169	+ new config symbols.
169	170	"make silentoldconfig"
170	171	Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
171	172	with questions already answered.
	173	+ "make defconfig" Create a ./.config file by using the default
	174	+ symbol values from arch/$ARCH/defconfig.
	175	+ "make allyesconfig"
	176	+ Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
	177	+ values to 'y' as much as possible.
	178	+ "make allmodconfig"
	179	+ Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
	180	+ values to 'm' as much as possible.
	181	+ "make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
	182	+ values to 'n' as much as possible.
	183	+ "make randconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
	184	+ values to random values.
	185	+
	186	+ The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can
	187	+ also use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG to specify a
	188	+ filename that contains config options that the user requires to be
	189	+ set to a specific value. If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=filename is not used,
	190	+ "make *config" checks for a file named "all{yes/mod/no/random}.config"
	191	+ for symbol values that are to be forced. If this file is not found,
	192	+ it checks for a file named "all.config" to contain forced values.
172	193
173	194	NOTES on "make config":
174	195	- having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can
...	...	@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
5	5
6	6	#include <ctype.h>
7	7	#include <stdlib.h>
	8	+#include <stdio.h>
8	9	#include <string.h>
9	10	#include <unistd.h>
10	11	#include <time.h>
...	...	@@ -531,7 +532,7 @@
531	532	break;
532	533	case 'h':
533	534	case '?':
534		- printf("%s [-o\|-s] config\n", av[0]);
	535	+ fprintf(stderr, "See README for usage info\n");
535	536	exit(0);
536	537	}
537	538	}