From bdb60101df4a2999608430112a5abfb78628db1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Randy Dunlap Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:08:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] kconfig: document Kconfig source file comments I saw this type of Kconfig construct on LKML: config SYMBOOL #bool "prompt string" default y and wondered what it does. Then I wondered if '#' comments are even documented. They aren't, so add a little doc for that. Ah, good. kconfig says: arch/x86/Kconfig:2942:warning: config symbol defined without type Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada --- Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index 3534a84d206c..64e0775a62d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ This sets the config program's title bar if the config program chooses to use it. It should be placed at the top of the configuration, before any other statement. +'#' Kconfig source file comment: + +An unquoted '#' character anywhere in a source file line indicates +the beginning of a source file comment. The remainder of that line +is a comment. + Kconfig hints ------------- -- 2.30.2