linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation: Fix the explanation of Kconfig files.

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705150517440.20625@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 15 May 2007 05:20:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation:  Fix the explanation of Kconfig files.


Fix the obvious errors in the explanation of Kconfig files.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>

---

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
index afc2867..444141e 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -495,29 +495,40 @@ re-formatting you may want to take a look at the man page.  But
 remember: "indent" is not a fix for bad programming.


-		Chapter 10: Configuration-files
+		Chapter 10: Kconfig configuration files

-For configuration options (arch/xxx/Kconfig, and all the Kconfig files),
-somewhat different indentation is used.
+For all of the Kconfig* configuration files throughout the source tree,
+the indentation is somewhat different.  Lines within a "config" definition
+are indented by one tab, while help text is indented an additional two
+spaces:

-Help text is indented with 2 spaces.
-
-if CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
-	tristate CONFIG_BOOM
-	default n
-	help
-	  Apply nitroglycerine inside the keyboard (DANGEROUS)
-	bool CONFIG_CHEER
-	depends on CONFIG_BOOM
-	default y
+config AUDIT
+	bool "Auditing support"
+	depends on NET
 	help
-	  Output nice messages when you explode
-endif
+	  Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
+	  kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
+	  logging of avc messages output).  Does not do system-call
+	  auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
+
+Features that might still be considered unstable should be defined as
+dependent on "EXPERIMENTAL":
+
+config SLUB
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT
+	bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)"
+	...
+
+while seriously dangerous features (such as write support for certain
+filesystems) should advertise this prominently in their prompt string:
+
+config ADFS_FS_RW
+        bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
+        depends on ADFS_FS
+	...

-Generally, CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL should surround all options not considered
-stable. All options that are known to trash data (experimental write-
-support for file-systems, for instance) should be denoted (DANGEROUS), other
-experimental options should be denoted (EXPERIMENTAL).
+For full documentation on the configuration files, see the file
+Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.


 		Chapter 11: Data structures
-- 
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Robert P. J. Day
Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

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