linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] kconfig: rename silentoldconfig to syncconfig

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Date:   Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:10:25 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@...el.com>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] kconfig: rename silentoldconfig to syncconfig

On 02/27/2018 04:15 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> As commit cedd55d49dee ("kconfig: Remove silentoldconfig from help
> and docs; fix kconfig/conf's help") mentioned, 'silentoldconfig' is a
> historical misnomer.  That commit removed it from help and docs since
> it is an internal interface.  If so, it should be allowed to rename
> it to something more intuitive.  'syncconfig' is the one I came up
> with because it updates the .config if necessary, then synchronize
> other files with it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
>   - newly added
> 
>  Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt |  2 +-
>  Makefile                         |  2 +-
>  scripts/kconfig/Makefile         |  4 ++--
>  scripts/kconfig/conf.c           | 20 ++++++++++----------
>  4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

It wouldn't hurt to update this line also: (I would just drop "silentoldconfig")

     Make oldconfig/silentoldconfig/menuconfig/etc.

in Documentation/networking/i40e.txt.


thanks,
-- 
~Randy