linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 11/11] kconfig: Add documentation for the conflict resolver

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Message-ID: <CA+i-1C02_GBbrSeNPqoyTrzfV3Lv0ovdsKzcv3d7zCkNk_Hv6g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:35:13 +0100
From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
To: Ole Schuerks <ole0811sch@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, jude.gyimah@....de, thorsten.berger@....de, 
	deltaone@...ian.org, jan.sollmann@....de, mcgrof@...nel.org, 
	masahiroy@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nathan@...nel.org, 
	nicolas@...sle.eu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 11/11] kconfig: Add documentation for the conflict resolver

On Fri, 20 Sept 2024 at 10:59, Ole Schuerks <ole0811sch@...il.com> wrote:
> +    To add a symbol to the list of symbols whose values should be changed (that
> +    is, the 'conflict'), you select the symbol in the main view of xconfig.

I got confused by this at first, I was thinking "but if there's a
conflict, I generally _can't_ select it in the main view, because it's
hidden, because of the conflict!".

However then I discovered xconfig has a "show all options" setting.
(Then if you ctrl-F for a config and click it, it shows up in the main
view).

After that, this worked great, I was able to switch on CONFIG_KVM_AMD
from a starting point of 'make tinyconfig', without having to faff
around trying to remember its dependencies. Nice!

So maybe it's worth highlighting this 'Options' > 'Show all Options'
setting here.