linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Only generate config_is

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 20:05:18 +0200
From:	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Only generate config_is_xxx for bool and
 tristate options

On 17:35 Tue 17 May     , Michal Marek wrote:
> For strings and integers, the config_is_xxx macros are useless and
> sometimes misleading:
except if the interger or hex can be at 0
so the config_is_ is usefull to known that it's enabled
> 
>   #define CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE ""
>   #define config_is_initramfs_source() 1
here agreed but I'm nor sure if it's a special case or if it will we the case
for most of the string

Best Regards,
J.
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