a while back, i wrote a script (whose logic i don't even recognize
anymore) that scanned the kernel tree, looking for CONFIG variables
that were defined as "tristate" but whose usage in a Makefile seemed
to suggest that they should simply be boolean.
for instance, one of the variables flagged:
scripts/Makefile IKCONFIG
./init/Kconfig:config IKCONFIG
./init/Kconfig- tristate "Kernel .config support"
sure enough, if you run "make menuconfig", under "General setup," the
selection "Kernel .config support" can be selected as modular, even
though that doesn't seem to make much sense since its usage in
scripts/Makefile is:
hostprogs-$(CONFIG_IKCONFIG) += bin2c
for which a modular selection seems weird. does that make any sense?
rday
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