| Message ID | 20200911015421.22193-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [V2] scripts : config : Added example use when run without argument,extend help | expand |
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@gmail.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.
On 20:08 Thu 10 Sep 2020, Randy Dunlap wrote: >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@gmail.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. I am not sure I get you ...should have mentioned in the first place, so it save some of my time ....moreover, I was doing it because I felt it necessary to let the user of this script to know what/how easily things can be done.Period. Look like decision making is badly bugged. ~Bhaskar >-- >~Randy >
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 +GCOV for profiling, you can simply use this 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
This patch extends the help section by adding an explicit example of use. Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com> --- scripts/config | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)