On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 4:42 AM Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > There are a few lines in the kbuild-language.rst document which > obliquely reference the behavior of config options without prompts. > But there is nothing in the obvious location that explicitly calls > out that users cannot edit config options unless they have a prompt. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20240820171000.1656021-1-stephen.s.brennan@xxxxxxxxxx/ Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks! > > Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst > index 1fb3f5e6193c3..4650daaf5d365 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst > @@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). > > Every menu entry can have at most one prompt, which is used to display > to the user. Optionally dependencies only for this prompt can be added > - with "if". > + with "if". If a prompt is not present, the config option is a non-visible > + symbol, meaning its value cannot be directly changed by the user (such as > + altering the value in ``.config``) and the option will not appear in any > + config menus. Its value can only be set via "default" and "select" (see > + below). > > - default value: "default" <expr> ["if" <expr>] > > -- > 2.43.5 > -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
