linux-kernel - Re: [-mm patch] kconfig syntax cleanups

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Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:17:01 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, sam@...nborg.org,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, vincent.legoll@...il.com
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] kconfig syntax cleanups

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:05:10 +0200 Adrian Bunk wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 03:13:30PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 11:38:09AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> > > >
> > > > Add kconfig-language docs for mainmenu, def_bool[ean],
> > > > and def_tristate.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@...il.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > --- linux-2.6.23-rc3.orig/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> > > > +++ linux-2.6.23-rc3/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> > > > @@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
> > > >    Optionally, dependencies only for this default value can be added with
> > > >    "if".
> > > >
> > > > +- type definition + default value:
> > > > +	"def_bool"/"def_boolean"/"def_tristate" <expr> ["if" <expr>]
> > > >...
> > >
> > > Should the redundant and unused def_boolean be documented or removed?
> > >
> > > I'd prefer the latter.
> > 
> > me too.  and, as i've suggested before, it would also be cleaner to
> > remove the redundant "requires" and almost redundant "depends" from
> > Kconfig files, and standardize exclusively on "depends on".
> >...
> 
> Patch below.
> 
> > rday
> 
> cu
> Adrian
> 
> 
> <--  snip  -->
> 
> 
> This patch removes the following redundant and never or rarely used 
> kconfig syntax:
> - "def_boolean" (same as "def_bool")
> - "requires" (same as "depends on")
> - "depends" (same as "depends on")
> 
> Most of the size of this patch comes from regenerating generated files.

Looks OK to me.

Missing S-O-B line...


> ---
> 
>  arch/blackfin/Kconfig                |    2 
>  arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug           |    6 
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig       |    2 
>  drivers/input/misc/Kconfig           |    2 
>  drivers/leds/Kconfig                 |    2 
>  drivers/telephony/Kconfig            |    2 
>  net/wireless/Kconfig                 |    2 
>  scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped  |    4 
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.gperf          |    2 
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c_shipped |  223 ++--
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped  | 1406 ++++++++++++++-------------
>  scripts/kconfig/zconf.y              |   11 
>  12 files changed, 889 insertions(+), 775 deletions(-)


---
~Randy
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