Re: make help ARCH=xx fun

[Sam Ravnborg]

> 
> Hmm.  Would something (untested) like the following be horribly
> wrong/bad?
> 
> define archhelp
>         @echo '  zImage           - Compressed kernel image (arch/sh/boot/zImage)'
> 	@if [ -d arch/$(ARCH)/configs/SCCS ]; then bk get -q arch/$(ARCH)/configs/;fi
> # Assume board_defconfig
> 	for board in arch/$(ARCH)/configs/*defconfig; \
>         do \
>                  echo -n ' ' $$board | sed -e 's|arch/$(ARCH)/configs/||g' ; \
>                  echo -n '        - Build for ' ; \
>                  echo -e $$board | sed -e 's|.*_||g'; \
>         done
> endef

I do not want kbuild to be cluttered with bk specific stuff.
Also the "- Build for xxxxx" is not good enough.

I will try to come up with a patch the uses a file named
arch/$(ARCH)/configs/index.txt
to actually display the help text. Gim'me a few hours.

	Sam
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