Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] kconfig: rename silentoldconfig to syncconfig

[Masahiro Yamada]

2018-03-01 15:34 GMT+09:00 Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> As commit cedd55d49dee ("kconfig: Remove silentoldconfig from help
> and docs; fix kconfig/conf's help") mentioned, 'silentoldconfig' is a
> historical misnomer.  That commit removed it from help and docs since
> it is an internal interface.  If so, it should be allowed to rename
> it to something more intuitive.  'syncconfig' is the one I came up
> with because it updates the .config if necessary, then synchronize
> include/generated/autoconf.h and include/config/* with it.
>
> You should not manually invoke 'silentoldcofig'.  Display warning if
> used in case existing scripts are doing wrong.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v3:
>   - Fix Documentation/networking/i40e.txt
>   - Display warning if silentoldconfig is used
>
> Changes in v2:
>   - newly added
>

Both applied to linux-kbuild/kconfig.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada