Re: CONFIG_XXX vs CONFIG_HAVE_XXX ?
Alexandre Ferrieux <[email protected]> Mon, 19 May 2025 10:34:12 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel.kernelnewbies |
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| Organization | Orange |
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On 18/05/2025 20:22, Siddh Raman Pant wrote: > Sun, 18 May 2025 23:15:13 +0530 [email protected] : >> What is the rationale behind having, for some feature XXX, both configuration >> macros CONFIG_XXX and CONFIG_HAVE_XXX ? > > > CONFIG_HAVE_XXX -> XXX is supported. > CONFIG_XXX -> Enable XXX. > > > XXX may not be available on an arch, for eg. Ah yes, so the *_HAVE_* series are automatically-detected compatibility hints, rather than actual human-selectable configuration decisions. Makes sense, thanks! -Alex