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On 07/09/2017 01:31 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:56 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
>>> Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> However why not extending existing scripts/config? It
>>>> already has the feature for setting kconfig options (without looking
>>>> at dependencies - so like >> of yours).
>>>
>>> I didn't know about scripts/config when I wrote it.  scripts/config is
>>> essentially a UI around "echo CONFIG_FOO=m >> .config".  It's totally
>>> useless.
>>
>> Maybe useless for you but i use it every day in my work. To compile a kernel
> 
> I assume the script has it uses.
> But to scratch Dan's itch (and mine, for generating .config from DTS), which
> is the non-trivial case, it may not work.
> So I'll definitely give Dan's script a try, thanks!
> 
>>         yes "" | make $(make_options) oldconfig
> 
> That will become an infinite loop if "y" is not a valid answer for the newly
> introduced option (e.g. if it needs a number)?

yes ""
just answers with a null string, not 'y'.


-- 
~Randy