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Masahiro Yamada f4bc1eefc1 kconfig: set SYMBOL_AUTO to the symbol marked with defconfig_list
The 'defconfig_list' is a weird attribute.  If the '.config' is
missing, conf_read_simple() iterates over all visible defaults,
then it uses the first one for which fopen() succeeds.

config DEFCONFIG_LIST
	string
	depends on !UML
	option defconfig_list
	default "/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config"
	default "/etc/kernel-config"
	default "/boot/config-$UNAME_RELEASE"
	default "$ARCH_DEFCONFIG"
	default "arch/$ARCH/defconfig"

However, like other symbols, the first visible default is always
written out to the .config file.  This might be different from what
has been actually used.

For example, on my machine, the third one "/boot/config-$UNAME_RELEASE"
is opened, like follows:

  $ rm .config
  $ make oldconfig 2>/dev/null
  scripts/kconfig/conf  --oldconfig Kconfig
  #
  # using defaults found in /boot/config-4.4.0-112-generic
  #
  *
  * Restart config...
  *
  *
  * IRQ subsystem
  *
  Expose irq internals in debugfs (GENERIC_IRQ_DEBUGFS) [N/y/?] (NEW)

However, the resulted .config file contains the first one since it is
visible:

  $ grep CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST .config
  CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config"

In order to stop confusing people, prevent this CONFIG option from
being written to the .config file.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Reviewed-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>
2018-03-02 09:20:44 +09:00
Documentation Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-25 16:58:55 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add MPL-1.1 license 2018-01-06 10:59:44 -07:00
arch Xtensa fixes for 4.16 2018-02-25 17:02:24 -08:00
block treewide/trivial: Remove ';;$' typo noise 2018-02-22 10:59:33 +01:00
certs certs/blacklist_nohashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
crypto X.509: fix NULL dereference when restricting key with unsupported_sig 2018-02-22 14:38:34 +00:00
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firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs NFS client bugfixes for Linux 4.16 2018-02-25 13:43:18 -08:00
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init membarrier: Provide core serializing command, *_SYNC_CORE 2018-02-05 21:35:03 +01:00
ipc vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
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mm mm: don't defer struct page initialization for Xen pv guests 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
net net_sched: gen_estimator: fix broken estimators based on percpu stats 2018-02-23 12:35:46 -05:00
samples sample/bpf: fix erspan metadata 2018-02-06 11:32:49 -05:00
scripts kconfig: set SYMBOL_AUTO to the symbol marked with defconfig_list 2018-03-02 09:20:44 +09:00
security integrity/security: fix digsig.c build error with header file 2018-02-22 20:09:08 -08:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: PCI quirk for Fujitsu U7x7 2018-02-14 12:02:26 +01:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-02-23 15:14:17 -08:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
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README

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.