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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-05-07 07:58:05 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-05-07 07:58:05 -0700
commit685e56d2943bb8bf3b641d85b1b6c69d24f7965f (patch)
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Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild
Pull kconfig updates from Michal Marek:
 - use pkg-config to detect curses libraries
 - clean up the way curses headers are searched
 - Some randconfig fixes, of which one had to be reverted
 - KCONFIG_SEED for randconfig debugging
 - memuconfig memory leak plugged
 - menuconfig > breadcrumbs > navigation
 - xconfig compilation fix
 - Other minor fixes

* 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild:
  kconfig: fix lists definition for C++
  Revert "kconfig: fix randomising choice entries in presence of KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG"
  kconfig: implement KCONFIG_PROBABILITY for randconfig
  kconfig: allow specifying the seed for randconfig
  kconfig: fix randomising choice entries in presence of KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG
  kconfig: do not override symbols already set
  kconfig: fix randconfig tristate detection
  kconfig/lxdialog: rationalise the include paths where to find {.n}curses{,w}.h
  menuconfig: Add "breadcrumbs" navigation aid
  menuconfig: Fix memory leak introduced by jump keys feature
  merge_config.sh: Avoid creating unnessary source softlinks
  kconfig: optionally use pkg-config to detect ncurses libs
  menuconfig: optionally use pkg-config to detect ncurses libs
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index b8b77bbc784f..3f429ed8b3b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,42 @@ disable the options that are explicitly listed in the specified
 mini-config files.
 
 ______________________________________________________________________
+Environment variables for 'randconfig'
+
+KCONFIG_SEED
+--------------------------------------------------
+You can set this to the integer value used to seed the RNG, if you want
+to somehow debug the behaviour of the kconfig parser/frontends.
+If not set, the current time will be used.
+
+KCONFIG_PROBABILITY
+--------------------------------------------------
+This variable can be used to skew the probabilities. This variable can
+be unset or empty, or set to three different formats:
+	KCONFIG_PROBABILITY     y:n split           y:m:n split
+	-----------------------------------------------------------------
+	unset or empty          50  : 50            33  : 33  : 34
+	N                        N  : 100-N         N/2 : N/2 : 100-N
+    [1] N:M                     N+M : 100-(N+M)      N  :  M  : 100-(N+M)
+    [2] N:M:L                    N  : 100-N          M  :  L  : 100-(M+L)
+
+where N, M and L are integers (in base 10) in the range [0,100], and so
+that:
+    [1] N+M is in the range [0,100]
+    [2] M+L is in the range [0,100]
+
+Examples:
+	KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=10
+		10% of booleans will be set to 'y', 90% to 'n'
+		5% of tristates will be set to 'y', 5% to 'm', 90% to 'n'
+	KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=15:25
+		40% of booleans will be set to 'y', 60% to 'n'
+		15% of tristates will be set to 'y', 25% to 'm', 60% to 'n'
+	KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=10:15:15
+		10% of booleans will be set to 'y', 90% to 'n'
+		15% of tristates will be set to 'y', 15% to 'm', 70% to 'n'
+
+______________________________________________________________________
 Environment variables for 'silentoldconfig'
 
 KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE