Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Use KCONFIG_CONFIG instead of .config

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sat Dec 09 2023 - 15:02:54 EST


On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 7:46 PM Markus Schneider-Pargmann
<msp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When using a custom location for kernel config files this merge config
> command fails as it doesn't use the configuration set with
> KCONFIG_CONFIG.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>

Applied to linux-kbuild.
Thanks.




> Notes:
> Hi,
>
> This patch helps me to merge_configs with config files that are not
> .config (set by using KCONFIG_CONFIG=<PATH>). I am not sure if I break
> something with that change.
>
> I didn't add any stable kernels as this is a kernel config issue and no
> bug in the kernel code itself.
>
> Best,
> Markus
>
> scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> index 4eee155121a8..106159e75d40 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ config-fragments = $(call configfiles,$@)
>
> %.config: $(obj)/conf
> $(if $(config-fragments),, $(error $@ fragment does not exists on this architecture))
> - $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh -m .config $(config-fragments)
> + $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh -m $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) $(config-fragments)
> $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile olddefconfig
>
> PHONY += tinyconfig
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada