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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 17 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index 649cb8799890..00b950d1c193 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -104,14 +104,15 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). Reverse dependencies can only be used with boolean or tristate symbols. Note: - select is evil.... select will by brute force set a symbol - equal to 'y' without visiting the dependencies. So abusing - select you are able to select a symbol FOO even if FOO depends - on BAR that is not set. In general use select only for - non-visible symbols (no prompts anywhere) and for symbols with - no dependencies. That will limit the usefulness but on the - other hand avoid the illegal configurations all over. kconfig - should one day warn about such things. + select should be used with care. select will force + a symbol to a value without visiting the dependencies. + By abusing select you are able to select a symbol FOO even + if FOO depends on BAR that is not set. + In general use select only for non-visible symbols + (no prompts anywhere) and for symbols with no dependencies. + That will limit the usefulness but on the other hand avoid + the illegal configurations all over. + kconfig should one day warn about such things. - numerical ranges: "range" <symbol> <symbol> ["if" <expr>] This allows to limit the range of possible input values for int |