Thank you, I just liked the sound of the name -- now I actually have a clue.
Frankly I think the text version is most appropriate -- to make the config
files portable between users.
Thanks, John
--- Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 10:31:05AM -0800, John van V. wrote:
> >
> > Hello, could you please give me an over view of what this all does...
>
> Could you please be a bit more specific in your questions.
>
> Do you request info about hte cml1 -> Kconfig converter, or just Kconfig
> itself?
>
> Kconfig is a simple language used to configure the Linux kernel.
> Kconfig is tailored to the kernel, and therefore choices are often
> n : Do not include this
> y : includes this functionality
> m : include this functionality as a module
>
> Different functionalities can depend on each other.
> The Kconfig files are read by the kconfig backend and visualised
> by one of the front ends.
>
> conf (config) : List all choices
> mconf (menuconfig): utilising ncurser displays a nice menu based program
> qconf: (xconfig): Using QT list all choices in a grapical tree structure
> gconf: (): Same as qconf, based on GTK-2.0. (Under development, looks good)
>
> Take a peek in Documentation/kbuild/config-language.txt (or similar name)
> Try to browse a few kconfig files
> Try to configure a kernel
>
> This should give you a good understanding on the functionality.
>
> Finally - if you hope for more feedback then be a bit more precise, and
> reply to follow-up questions.
>
> Sam
=
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