The new target is called 'checkconfig' and currently is basically an alias for `listnewconfig` with KCONFIG_WARN_UNKNOWN_SYMBOLS set to true. It can be used to validate if the current config is directly compatible with the current kernel version or needs some manual adjustment. Signed-off-by: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile index 4eee155121a8..501cb9b76414 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile @@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ PHONY += savedefconfig defconfig savedefconfig: $(obj)/conf $(Q)$< $(silent) --$@=defconfig $(Kconfig) +checkconfig: $(obj)/conf + $(Q)KCONFIG_WARN_UNKNOWN_SYMBOLS=true $< --listnewconfig $(Kconfig) + defconfig: $(obj)/conf ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)),) @$(kecho) "*** Default configuration is based on '$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)'" @@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ help: @echo ' default value without prompting' @echo ' tinyconfig - Configure the tiniest possible kernel' @echo ' testconfig - Run Kconfig unit tests (requires python3 and pytest)' + @echo ' checkconfig - Check current config for unrecognized and new symbols' @echo '' @echo 'Configuration topic targets:' @$(foreach f, $(all-config-fragments), \ -- 2.43.0.472.g3155946c3a-goog