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Linus Torvalds 0ad39cb3d7 Kconfig updates for v4.18
Kconfig now supports new functionality to perform textual substitution.
 It has been a while since Linus suggested to move compiler option tests
 from makefiles to Kconfig. Finally, here it is. The implementation has
 been generalized into a Make-like macro language. Some built-in functions
 such as 'shell' are provided. Variables and user-defined functions are
 also supported so that 'cc-option', 'ld-option', etc. are implemented as
 macros.
 
 Summary:
 
 - refactor package checks for building {m,n,q,g}conf
 
 - remove unused/unmaintained localization support
 
 - remove Kbuild cache
 
 - drop CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE support
 
 - replace 'option env=' with direct variable expansion
 
 - add built-in functions such as 'shell'
 
 - support variables and user-defined functions
 
 - add helper macros as as 'cc-option'
 
 - add unit tests and a document of the new macro language
 
 - add 'testconfig' to help
 
 - fix warnings from GCC 8.1
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Merge tag 'kconfig-v4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kconfig updates from Masahiro Yamada:
 "Kconfig now supports new functionality to perform textual
  substitution. It has been a while since Linus suggested to move
  compiler option tests from makefiles to Kconfig. Finally, here it is.

  The implementation has been generalized into a Make-like macro
  language.

  Some built-in functions such as 'shell' are provided. Variables and
  user-defined functions are also supported so that 'cc-option',
  'ld-option', etc. are implemented as macros.

  Summary:

   - refactor package checks for building {m,n,q,g}conf

   - remove unused/unmaintained localization support

   - remove Kbuild cache

   - drop CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE support

   - replace 'option env=' with direct variable expansion

   - add built-in functions such as 'shell'

   - support variables and user-defined functions

   - add helper macros as as 'cc-option'

   - add unit tests and a document of the new macro language

   - add 'testconfig' to help

   - fix warnings from GCC 8.1"

* tag 'kconfig-v4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (30 commits)
  kconfig: Avoid format overflow warning from GCC 8.1
  kbuild: Move last word of nconfig help to the previous line
  kconfig: Add testconfig into make help output
  kconfig: add basic helper macros to scripts/Kconfig.include
  kconfig: show compiler version text in the top comment
  kconfig: test: add Kconfig macro language tests
  Documentation: kconfig: document a new Kconfig macro language
  kconfig: error out if a recursive variable references itself
  kconfig: add 'filename' and 'lineno' built-in variables
  kconfig: add 'info', 'warning-if', and 'error-if' built-in functions
  kconfig: expand lefthand side of assignment statement
  kconfig: support append assignment operator
  kconfig: support simply expanded variable
  kconfig: support user-defined function and recursively expanded variable
  kconfig: begin PARAM state only when seeing a command keyword
  kconfig: replace $(UNAME_RELEASE) with function call
  kconfig: add 'shell' built-in function
  kconfig: add built-in function support
  kconfig: make default prompt of mainmenu less specific
  kconfig: remove sym_expand_string_value()
  ...
2018-06-06 11:31:45 -07:00
arch Kconfig updates for v4.18 2018-06-06 11:31:45 -07:00
block Changes for 4.18: 2018-06-05 13:24:20 -07:00
certs certs/blacklist_nohashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-06-05 15:51:21 -07:00
Documentation Kconfig updates for v4.18 2018-06-06 11:31:45 -07:00
drivers sound updates for 4.18 2018-06-06 09:08:38 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs Merge branch 'for-4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2018-06-05 17:31:33 -07:00
include Kbuild updates for v4.18 2018-06-06 11:00:15 -07:00
init Kconfig updates for v4.18 2018-06-06 11:31:45 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'timers-2038-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-04 21:02:18 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'for-4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2018-06-05 17:31:33 -07:00
lib Refactors rslib and callers to provide a per-instance allocation area 2018-06-05 10:48:05 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
mm Changes for 4.18: 2018-06-05 13:24:20 -07:00
net Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
samples x86/cpufeature: Guard asm_volatile_goto usage for BPF compilation 2018-05-13 21:49:14 +02:00
scripts Kconfig updates for v4.18 2018-06-06 11:31:45 -07:00
security Merge branch 'userns-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-06-04 15:21:19 -07:00
sound ASoC: Updates for v4.18 2018-06-05 16:51:55 +02:00
tools USB/PHY patches for 4.18-rc1 2018-06-05 16:14:12 -07:00
usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt Merge branch 'siginfo-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-06-04 15:23:48 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: add configuration file 2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap Merge branch 'asoc-4.17' into asoc-4.18 for compress dependencies 2018-04-26 12:24:28 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS/CREDITS: Drop METAG ARCHITECTURE 2018-03-05 16:34:24 +00:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: add basic helper macros to scripts/Kconfig.include 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Kconfig updates for v4.18 2018-06-06 11:31:45 -07:00
Makefile Kconfig updates for v4.18 2018-06-06 11:31:45 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.