linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 -next] scripts: add compare-config utility

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Message-ID: <787eefd6-1478-b83c-be60-2e71d65ca41c@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:24:45 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Chen Lifu <chenlifu@...wei.com>, masahiroy@...nel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 -next] scripts: add compare-config utility



On 4/13/22 02:23, Chen Lifu wrote:
> This is an alternative utility to compare two .config files. Unlike
> existing utilities "diffconfig" in the kernel tree, it prints detailed
> results in table style, and support config name prefix so that it can be
> used elsewhere. It is useful sometimes, for example, to analyze .config
> files through tables, or to compare Buildroot .config.
> 
> With grep and awk, it can print similar results like "diffconfg" as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Lifu <chenlifu@...wei.com>

Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Add -D option, a combination of -C -O -N, and set it as default mode
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Add config name prefix support
> 
>  scripts/compare-config | 203 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 203 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 scripts/compare-config


-- 
~Randy