From 1b6f2e0f4c8445100f1ea6bea5b89db15dba0175 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Korsgaard Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:11:43 +0000 Subject: package/config: rebase from upstream (2.6.23.14) From Bernhards tree (2737cfdd) --- package/config/kconfig-language.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'package/config/kconfig-language.txt') diff --git a/package/config/kconfig-language.txt b/package/config/kconfig-language.txt index 536d5bfbd..fe8b0c489 100644 --- a/package/config/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/package/config/kconfig-language.txt @@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). times, the limit is set to the largest selection. 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 promts 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" ["if" ] This allows to limit the range of possible input values for int -- cgit v1.2.3