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@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ This file contains some assistance for using "make *config".
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Use "make help" to list all of the possible configuration targets.
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-The xconfig ('qconf') and menuconfig ('mconf') programs also
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-have embedded help text. Be sure to check it for navigation,
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-search, and other general help text.
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+The xconfig ('qconf'), menuconfig ('mconf'), and nconfig ('nconf')
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+programs also have embedded help text. Be sure to check that for
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+navigation, search, and other general help text.
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======================================================================
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General
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@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ this happens, using a previously working .config file and running
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for you, so you may find that you need to see what NEW kernel
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symbols have been introduced.
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-To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use
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+To see a list of new config symbols, use
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cp user/some/old.config .config
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make listnewconfig
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and the config program will list any new symbols, one per line.
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+Alternatively, you can use the brute force method:
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+
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+ make oldconfig
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scripts/diffconfig .config.old .config | less
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______________________________________________________________________
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@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ Searching in menuconfig:
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This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
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e.g., HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
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- For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
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+ For search help, enter / followed by TAB-TAB (to highlight
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<Help>) and Enter. This will tell you that you can also use
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regular expressions (regexes) in the search string, so if you
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are not interested in MEMORY_HOTPLUG, you could try
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@@ -202,6 +205,39 @@ Example:
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make MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu menuconfig
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+======================================================================
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+nconfig
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+
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+nconfig is an alternate text-based configurator. It lists function
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+keys across the bottom of the terminal (window) that execute commands.
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+You can also just use the corresponding numeric key to execute the
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+commands unless you are in a data entry window. E.g., instead of F6
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+for Save, you can just press 6.
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+
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+Use F1 for Global help or F3 for the Short help menu.
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+
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+Searching in nconfig:
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+
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+ You can search either in the menu entry "prompt" strings
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+ or in the configuration symbols.
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+
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+ Use / to begin a search through the menu entries. This does
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+ not support regular expressions. Use <Down> or <Up> for
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+ Next hit and Previous hit, respectively. Use <Esc> to
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+ terminate the search mode.
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+
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+ F8 (SymSearch) searches the configuration symbols for the
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+ given string or regular expression (regex).
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+
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+NCONFIG_MODE
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+This mode shows all sub-menus in one large tree.
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+
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+Example:
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+ make NCONFIG_MODE=single_menu nconfig
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+
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+
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======================================================================
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xconfig
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--------------------------------------------------
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@@ -230,8 +266,7 @@ gconfig
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Searching in gconfig:
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- None (gconfig isn't maintained as well as xconfig or menuconfig);
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- however, gconfig does have a few more viewing choices than
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- xconfig does.
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+ There is no search command in gconfig. However, gconfig does
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+ have several different viewing choices, modes, and options.
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Linus Torvalds