linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Add localdefconfig helper

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Date:	Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:53:06 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Paul Kocialkowski <contact@...lk.fr>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
	"Yann E . MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Add localdefconfig helper

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 07:31:27PM +0100, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> This introduces a localdefconfig make target to specify out-of-tree default
> configs. The out-of-tree default target is selected by defining
> KBUILD_LOCALDEFCONFIG in the make command line.
> 
> The intent of this change is to easily allow using default configs that are not
> part of the kernel source (e.g. for a specific device or use case), without ever
> touching the kernel source tree.
> 
Does this differ from what you can achieve with KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG?
See Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt

>From a quick glance the functionality is the same.

	Sam