linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] scripts : config : Added example use when run without argument,extend help

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Message-ID: <508f3917-8b3f-fe38-f6bf-43f5026fc4e2@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:08:36 -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 V2] scripts : config : Added example use when run without
 argument,extend help

On 9/10/20 6:54 PM, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> This patch extends the help section by adding an explicit example of use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
> ---

Difference between versions goes here.

>  scripts/config | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
> index eee5b7f3a092..d905dccabb94 100755
> --- a/scripts/config
> +++ b/scripts/config
> @@ -45,6 +45,23 @@ make time.
>  By default, $myname will upper-case the given symbol. Use --keep-case to keep
>  the case of all following symbols unchanged.
>  
> +The concrete example, say, you want to change any particular config,like

                                                                config, like

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

                                               command.

> +
> +To enable:
> +
> +#scripts/config --enable GCOV_KERNEL  && grep GCOV .config
> +
> + and the output will be like this:
> +
> +  CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL=y
> +
> +To disable:
> +
> +#scripts/config --disable GCOV_KERNEL  && grep GCOV .config
> +
> +# CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL is not set
> +
>  $myname uses 'CONFIG_' as the default symbol prefix. Set the environment
>  variable CONFIG_ to the prefix to use. Eg.: CONFIG_="FOO_" $myname ...
>  EOL
> 

I don't know why we need this extra help text.

-- 
~Randy