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Linus Torvalds 562f36ed28 Kconfig updates for v4.16
A pretty big batch of Kconfig updates. I have to mention the lexer
 and parser of Kconfig are now built from real .l and .y sources.
 So, flex and bison are the requirement for building the kernel.
 Both of them (unlike gperf) have been stable for a long time. This
 change has been tested several weeks in linux-next, and I did not
 receive any problem report about this.
 
 Summary:
 
 - Add checks for mistakes, like the choice default is not in
   choice, help is doubled
 
 - Document data structure and complex code
 
 - Fix various memory leaks
 
 - Change Makefile to build lexer and parser instead of using
   pre-generated C files
 
 - Drop 'boolean' keyword, which is equivalent to 'bool'
 
 - Use default 'yy' prefix and remove unneeded Make variables
 
 - Fix gettext() check for xconfig
 
 - Announce that oldnoconfig will be finally removed
 
 - Make 'Selected by:' and 'Implied by' readable in help and
   search result
 
 - Hide silentoldconfig from 'make help' to stop confusing people
 
 - Fix misc things and cleanups
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Merge tag 'kconfig-v4.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kconfig updates from Masahiro Yamada:
 "A pretty big batch of Kconfig updates.

  I have to mention the lexer and parser of Kconfig are now built from
  real .l and .y sources. So, flex and bison are the requirement for
  building the kernel. Both of them (unlike gperf) have been stable for
  a long time. This change has been tested several weeks in linux-next,
  and I did not receive any problem report about this.

  Summary:

   - add checks for mistakes, like the choice default is not in choice,
     help is doubled

   - document data structure and complex code

   - fix various memory leaks

   - change Makefile to build lexer and parser instead of using
     pre-generated C files

   - drop 'boolean' keyword, which is equivalent to 'bool'

   - use default 'yy' prefix and remove unneeded Make variables

   - fix gettext() check for xconfig

   - announce that oldnoconfig will be finally removed

   - make 'Selected by:' and 'Implied by' readable in help and search
     result

   - hide silentoldconfig from 'make help' to stop confusing people

   - fix misc things and cleanups"

* tag 'kconfig-v4.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (37 commits)
  kconfig: Remove silentoldconfig from help and docs; fix kconfig/conf's help
  kconfig: make "Selected by:" and "Implied by:" readable
  kconfig: announce removal of oldnoconfig if used
  kconfig: fix make xconfig when gettext is missing
  kconfig: Clarify menu and 'if' dependency propagation
  kconfig: Document 'if' flattening logic
  kconfig: Clarify choice dependency propagation
  kconfig: Document SYMBOL_OPTIONAL logic
  kbuild: remove unnecessary LEX_PREFIX and YACC_PREFIX
  kconfig: use default 'yy' prefix for lexer and parser
  kconfig: make conf_unsaved a local variable of conf_read()
  kconfig: make xfgets() really static
  kconfig: make input_mode static
  kconfig: Warn if there is more than one help text
  kconfig: drop 'boolean' keyword
  kconfig: use bool instead of boolean for type definition attributes, again
  kconfig: Remove menu_end_entry()
  kconfig: Document important expression functions
  kconfig: Document automatic submenu creation code
  kconfig: Fix choice symbol expression leak
  ...
2018-02-01 11:45:49 -08:00
arch DeviceTree updates for 4.16: 2018-02-01 10:57:45 -08:00
block Merge branch 'misc.poll' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-01-30 17:58:07 -08:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-01-31 14:22:45 -08:00
Documentation Kconfig updates for v4.16 2018-02-01 11:45:49 -08:00
drivers Kconfig updates for v4.16 2018-02-01 11:45:49 -08:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs Driver Core updates for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:00:28 -08:00
include DeviceTree updates for 4.16: 2018-02-01 10:57:45 -08:00
init init_task out-of-lining 2018-01-29 09:08:34 -08:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.mqueue' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-01-30 18:32:21 -08:00
kernel Staging/IIO patches for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 09:51:57 -08:00
lib Driver Core updates for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:00:28 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add MPL-1.1 license 2018-01-06 10:59:44 -07:00
mm mm/swap.c: make functions and their kernel-doc agree 2018-01-31 17:18:40 -08:00
net Staging/IIO patches for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 09:51:57 -08:00
samples Driver Core updates for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:00:28 -08:00
scripts Kconfig updates for v4.16 2018-02-01 11:45:49 -08:00
security Char/Misc driver patches for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:31:17 -08:00
sound Driver Core updates for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:00:28 -08:00
tools Char/Misc driver patches for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:31:17 -08:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt mm, mmu_notifier: annotate mmu notifiers with blockable invalidate callbacks 2018-01-31 17:18:38 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore scripts/package: snap-pkg target 2017-12-13 00:00:18 +09:00
.mailmap mailmap: update Mark Yao's email address 2018-01-04 16:45:09 -08:00
COPYING
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS Char/Misc driver patches for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 10:31:17 -08:00
Makefile Kconfig updates for v4.16 2018-02-01 11:45:49 -08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

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

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

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.