* [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] kernel .config help pages
@ 2007-03-20 18:23 Mick
2007-03-21 9:41 ` Rasmus Andersen
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From: Mick @ 2007-03-20 18:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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Hi All,
Is there a quick way to access the help page of a singular module in the
kernel .config list, without having to fire up make menuconfig?
Something on the CLI to access just one particular help page.
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Regards,
Mick
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* Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] kernel .config help pages
2007-03-20 18:23 [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] kernel .config help pages Mick
@ 2007-03-21 9:41 ` Rasmus Andersen
2007-03-21 18:51 ` Mick
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From: Rasmus Andersen @ 2007-03-21 9:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 06:23:40PM +0000, Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is there a quick way to access the help page of a singular module in the
> kernel .config list, without having to fire up make menuconfig?
>
> Something on the CLI to access just one particular help page.
I dont think there is a dedicated CLI tools for this, but the Kconfig
files in the kernel directory contains the help text. So if you know the
name of the config option is question (or its placement in the directory
hierarcy) you can grep -r for it and read/grep/parse the Kconfig file in
question.
Rasmus
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* Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] kernel .config help pages
2007-03-21 9:41 ` Rasmus Andersen
@ 2007-03-21 18:51 ` Mick
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From: Mick @ 2007-03-21 18:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Wednesday 21 March 2007 09:41, Rasmus Andersen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 06:23:40PM +0000, Mick wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is there a quick way to access the help page of a singular module in the
> > kernel .config list, without having to fire up make menuconfig?
> >
> > Something on the CLI to access just one particular help page.
>
> I dont think there is a dedicated CLI tools for this, but the Kconfig
> files in the kernel directory contains the help text. So if you know the
> name of the config option is question (or its placement in the directory
> hierarcy) you can grep -r for it and read/grep/parse the Kconfig file in
> question.
Thank you Rasmus, that's what I was after. Using less on the relevant Kconfig
file shows me all the help files in a row for the particular module e.g.
less /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo-r5/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
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Regards,
Mick
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