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Masahiro Yamada 21c54b7747 kconfig: show compiler version text in the top comment
The kernel configuration phase is now tightly coupled with the compiler
in use.  It will be nice to show the compiler information in Kconfig.

The compiler information will be displayed like this:

  $ make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- config
  scripts/kconfig/conf  --oldaskconfig Kconfig
  *
  * Linux/arm64 4.16.0-rc1 Kernel Configuration
  *
  *
  * Compiler: aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (Linaro GCC 7.2-2017.11) 7.2.1 20171011
  *
  *
  * General setup
  *
  Compile also drivers which will not load (COMPILE_TEST) [N/y/?]

If you use GUI methods such as menuconfig, it will be displayed in the
top menu.

This is simply implemented by using the 'comment' statement.  So, it
will be saved into the .config file as well.

This commit has a very important meaning.  If the compiler is upgraded,
Kconfig must be re-run since different compilers have different sets
of supported options.

All referenced environments are written to include/config/auto.conf.cmd
so that any environment change triggers syncconfig, and prompt the user
to input new values if needed.

With this commit, something like follows will be added to
include/config/auto.conf.cmd

  ifneq "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)" "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (Linaro GCC 7.2-2017.11) 7.2.1 20171011"
  include/config/auto.conf: FORCE
  endif

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
Documentation Documentation: kconfig: document a new Kconfig macro language 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add MPL-1.1 license 2018-01-06 10:59:44 -07:00
arch kconfig: show compiler version text in the top comment 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
block blk-mq: fix sysfs inflight counter 2018-04-26 09:02:01 -06:00
certs certs/blacklist_nohashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
crypto crypto: drbg - set freed buffers to NULL 2018-04-21 00:57:00 +08:00
drivers ARM: SoC fixes for 4.17-rc 2018-05-26 14:05:16 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs proc: fix smaps and meminfo alignment 2018-05-25 18:12:11 -07:00
include Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-05-26 13:10:16 -07:00
init kconfig: replace $(UNAME_RELEASE) with function call 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
ipc ipc/shm: fix shmat() nil address after round-down when remapping 2018-05-25 18:12:11 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-05-26 13:10:16 -07:00
lib idr: fix invalid ptr dereference on item delete 2018-05-25 18:12:10 -07:00
mm kasan: fix memory hotplug during boot 2018-05-25 18:12:11 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-25 19:54:42 -07:00
samples x86/cpufeature: Guard asm_volatile_goto usage for BPF compilation 2018-05-13 21:49:14 +02:00
scripts kconfig: test: add Kconfig macro language tests 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
security Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-05-21 11:54:57 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda - Fix runtime PM 2018-05-24 20:16:47 +02:00
tools Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2018-05-25 20:24:28 -07:00
usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: VGIC/ITS save/restore: protect kvm_read_guest() calls 2018-05-15 13:36:53 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: add configuration file 2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap Merge candidates for 4.17 merge window 2018-04-06 17:35:43 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS/CREDITS: Drop METAG ARCHITECTURE 2018-03-05 16:34:24 +00:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: show compiler version text in the top comment 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Documentation: kconfig: document a new Kconfig macro language 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
Makefile kconfig: show compiler version text in the top comment 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.