linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts : config : Added example use when run without argument,extend help

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Message-ID: <13084d55-6b9a-5c6b-0ce0-84739b3e1072@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:52:41 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>, masahiroy@...nel.org
Cc:     jeremie.francois@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts : config : Added example use when run without
 argument,extend help

Hi,

Please be more careful. There are many errors here. (see below)


On 9/10/20 4:07 AM, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> This patch extends the help section by adding an explicit example of use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
> ---
>  scripts/config | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
> index eee5b7f3a092..b75a5aab2453 100755
> --- a/scripts/config
> +++ b/scripts/config
> @@ -45,6 +45,25 @@ make time.
>  By default, $myname will upper-case the given symbol. Use --keep-case to keep
>  the case of all following symbols unchanged.
>  
> +The concerete example, say, you want to change any particular config ,like

       concrete                                                  config, like

> +GKOV for profiling , you can simply use this command

   GCOV

> +
> +To enable :

      enable:

> +
> +#scripts/config --enable GKOV_KERNEL  && grep GKOV .config

                            GCOV_KERNEL          GCOV

> +
> + and the output will be like this :

                                this:

> +
> +  CONFIG_GKOV_KERNEL=y

            GCOV

> +
> +To disable :

      disable:

> +
> +#scripts/config --disable GKOV_KERNEL  && grep GKOV .config

                             GCOV                 GCOV

> +
> +  and the output will be like this :

                                 this:

> +
> +# CONFIG_GKOV_KERNEL is not set

            GCOV

> +
>  $myname uses 'CONFIG_' as the default symbol prefix. Set the environment
>  variable CONFIG_ to the prefix to use. Eg.: CONFIG_="FOO_" $myname ...
>  EOL
> 


-- 
~Randy