Re: [PATCH v2 -next] scripts: add compare-config utility

[chenlifu]

在 2022/4/13 0:51, Randy Dunlap 写道:
> Hi--
>
> On 4/12/22 01:30, Chen Lifu wrote:
> > This is an alternative utility to compare two .config files. Unlike
> > existing utilities "diffconfig" in the kernel tree, it prints detailed
> > results in table style, and support config name prefix so that it can be
> > used elsewhere. It is useful sometimes, for example, to analyze .config files
> > through tables, or to compare Buildroot .config.
> >
> > With grep and awk, it can print similar results like "diffconfg" as well.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chen Lifu <chenlifu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Is your goal to have this merged into the kernel source tree?
> If so, you should also send the patch the the kconfig maintainer and
> mailing list.
>
> The output is quite verbose in its default mode (no options specified).
> To get something useful, I use -C -O -N.
>
> For my uses and preferences, I would like to see a -D (e.g.) which
> is just a combination of -CON. And it would be nice if that was the
> default mode also. :)
>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Add config name prefix support
> >
> >   scripts/compare-config | 201 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 201 insertions(+)
> >   create mode 100755 scripts/compare-config
>
> thanks.

Hi, Randy，
Thanks for your friendly comment, I will add -D option and set it as 
default mode.

Chen Lifu