Commit 217493ee authored by Yann E. MORIN's avatar Yann E. MORIN Committed by Thomas Petazzoni
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docs/manual: document the new kconfig-package variable 



The previous patch introduced the new FOO_KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG variable
to specify a defconfig rule rather than a (def)config file.

Add this to the manual.

Also document the pre-existing FOO_KCONFIG_FILE for which the
explanations were missing altogether.

Signed-off-by: default avatar"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
parent 8ef62b99

docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt

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and ensures that the source configuration file is copied to the build

directory at the right moment.



There are two options to specify a configuration file to use, either

+FOO_KCONFIG_FILE+ (as in the example, above) or +FOO_KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG+.

It is mandatory to provide either, but not both:



* +FOO_KCONFIG_FILE+ specifies the path to a defconfig or full-config file

  to be used to configure the package.



* +FOO_KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG+ specifies the defconfig 'make' rule to call to

  configure the package.



In addition to these minimally required lines, several optional variables can

be set to suit the needs of the package under consideration: