linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [ANNOUNCE] kconfig: Kconfiglib: a flexible Python Kconfig parser

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Message-ID: <20110203221631.GA29406@ulf>
Date:	Thu, 3 Feb 2011 23:16:49 +0100
From:	Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer.lkml@...il.com>
To:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, mmarek@...e.cz, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, andrea.gelmini@...ma.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [ANNOUNCE] kconfig: Kconfiglib: a flexible Python
 Kconfig parser

On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 10:58:55PM +0100, Ulf Magnusson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 12:27:52AM +0100, Ulf Magnusson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This is the initial release of Kconfiglib: a Python library for
> > scripting, debugging, and extracting information from Kconfig-based
> > configuration systems.  It can be used to programmatically generate a
> > .config when the '*conf' tools are too inflexible, to quickly find out
> > interesting information about a Kconfig configuration such as dependency
> > relations between symbols and where undefined symbols are referenced,
> > and in applications that need to parse and extract information from
> > Kconfig files.
> > 
> > For a much longer introduction including multiple examples, see
> > arch/kconfig/kconfiglib.py.
> > 
> > Have fun!
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer.lkml@...il.com>
> > ---
> > Convenience links:
> > 
> > Documentation, generated from kconfiglib.py with pydoc -w:
> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10406197/kconfiglib.html
> > 
> > Examples as separate files:
> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10406197/kconfiglib-examples.tar.gz
> > 
> > 
> > The patch should be preferably be applied to a recent kernel, i.e. Linus's
> > (2.6.38-rc3 at the time of writing).  Due to recent Kconfig changes, the
> > kconfigtest.py test suite - which compares output character-for-character -
> > will indicate failure on older (a few months old) kernels versions even though
> > the outputs are functionally equivalent.
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Seems linux-kbuild and linux-doc won't accept the patch (too large?), so
> here's a link to the message on linux-kernel:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/1/439
> 
> /Ulf Magnusson

Oh, and here's the patch message. Apply with 'git am'.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10406197/kconfiglib
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