From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> I saw this type of Kconfig construct on LKML: config SYMBOOL #bool "prompt string" default y and wondered what it does. Then I wondered if '#' comments are even documented. They aren't, so add a little doc for that. Ah, good. kconfig says: arch/x86/Kconfig:2942:warning: config symbol defined without type Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- lnx-418-rc1.orig/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ lnx-418-rc1/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ This sets the config program's title bar to use it. It should be placed at the top of the configuration, before any other statement. +'#' Kconfig source file comment: + +An unquoted '#' character anywhere in a source file line indicates +the beginning of a source file comment. The remainder of that line +is a comment. + Kconfig hints ------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html