linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Introduce IS_ENABLED(), IS_BUILTIN() and IS

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Message-ID: <20110802192610.GA5338@merkur.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2011 21:26:10 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, plagnioj@...osoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Introduce IS_ENABLED(), IS_BUILTIN() and
	IS_MODULE()

> >
> > If we do it like this then how about adding this to autoconf.h and avoid the extra file,
> > and the extra flag to gcc?
> >
> That would be intrusive for non-Linux users of kconfig. You would have
> to hardcode a <linux/kconfig.h> in autoconf.h, which mean other
> project would have to either mirror the Linux include tree structure,
> or modify kconfig for the desired include path, if the feature is
> desired at all. As I see it, Linux, through Kbuild, is a user of
> kconfig.
The idea was to entirely skip kconfig.h - and include the code in
autoconf.h verbatim - so no extra file.

We could add an option to disable this - if the other kconfig
really require this.

	Sam
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