Re: Kconfig troubles when using menuconfig - Was: [patch]Re: linux-2.6.22-rc5-gf1518a0 build #300 failed in zc0301_core.c

Roman Zippel <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel,gmane.comp.video.video4linux,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:

> I'm to keep "default y" for the menuconfig items. 
> 
> Since those don't generate any code (there's no Makefile items
> associated with the menuconfig vars),

I don't know that without checking Makefiles/sources, so I have to assume 
it may produce some infrastructure code I don't need.

> this will just improve the
> usability for the final user (and will allow make oldconfig to work).

I'd rather change that.

> There's not much sense on selecting V4L support without selecting a V4L
> driver.

But if only want to enable a video driver, I likely don't want a radio 
driver...

bye, Roman



Reset generates values only if Kconfig and .config agree.

Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <[email protected]>

---
 scripts/kconfig/confdata.c |   37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ linux-2.6/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -341,27 +341,42 @@ int conf_read(const char *name)
 		conf_unsaved++;
 		/* maybe print value in verbose mode... */
 	sym_ok:
+		if (!sym_is_choice(sym))
+			continue;
+		/* The choice symbol only has a set value (and thus is not new)
+		 * if all its visible childs have values.
+		 */
+		prop = sym_get_choice_prop(sym);
+		flags = sym->flags;
+		for (e = prop->expr; e; e = e->left.expr)
+			if (e->right.sym->visible != no)
+				flags &= e->right.sym->flags;
+		sym->flags &= flags | ~SYMBOL_DEF_USER;
+	}
+
+	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
 		if (sym_has_value(sym) && !sym_is_choice_value(sym)) {
-			if (sym->visible == no)
+			/* Reset values of generates values, so they'll appear
+			 * as new, if they should become visible, but that
+			 * doesn't quite work if the Kconfig and the saved
+			 * configuration disagrees.
+			 */
+			if (sym->visible == no && !conf_unsaved)
 				sym->flags &= ~SYMBOL_DEF_USER;
 			switch (sym->type) {
 			case S_STRING:
 			case S_INT:
 			case S_HEX:
-				if (!sym_string_within_range(sym, sym->def[S_DEF_USER].val))
-					sym->flags &= ~(SYMBOL_VALID|SYMBOL_DEF_USER);
+				/* Reset a string value if it's out of range */
+				if (sym_string_within_range(sym, sym->def[S_DEF_USER].val))
+					break;
+				sym->flags &= ~(SYMBOL_VALID|SYMBOL_DEF_USER);
+				conf_unsaved++;
+				break;
 			default:
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!sym_is_choice(sym))
-			continue;
-		prop = sym_get_choice_prop(sym);
-		flags = sym->flags;
-		for (e = prop->expr; e; e = e->left.expr)
-			if (e->right.sym->visible != no)
-				flags &= e->right.sym->flags;
-		sym->flags &= flags | ~SYMBOL_DEF_USER;
 	}
 
 	sym_add_change_count(conf_warnings || conf_unsaved);

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