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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 |