On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 7:51 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 10:15 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 1:11 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 4:09 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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> > > > > > > > > > I rejected a new target in the past. > > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230817012007.131868-1-senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m55c37e3091158f8cb008d9e0b5c6bf3f5ead225a > > > > > > > That was specifically for the unrecognized symbols warning. What I'm > > proposing is a universal target that would include any possible > > diagnostics. > > > > > > > > > > > Instead, you can run > > > > > > KCONFIG_WARN_UNKNOWN_SYMBOLS=1 make listnewconfig > > > > > > or > > > > > > make W=c listnewconfig > > > > > > > > > > I can do so, because my team member implemented it and told me and > > other team members about it. But how would someone who hasn't heard > > about it be aware of the existence of this useful feature? > > > People are not aware of your 'checkconfig' until > they run 'make help'. > > The same for W=c. > > 'make help' explains it. > > > c: extra checks in the configuration stage (Kconfig) Okay, that wasn't something present in Linux 6.7-rc7 that I used as my base. I checked out the current linux-next and it's indeed there, which I guess resolves the original problem somewhat. I still don't think it would be very clear from the description for a new user, especially given that it's far below the config-related targets, but at least it's there. Thanks for adding it. Best regards, Tomasz
