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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 10:31:59 +0200
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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)?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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