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authorThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2016-09-17 14:45:36 +0200
committerThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2016-09-17 14:46:04 +0200
commit4309092e34586274f58599e006725b70ead53d9c (patch)
tree070e8d14584c2621eec122d5afdec3a713cd0f5e /docs
parentbbbc8b5de32965aaf9fa01d4fabc461dd65f6c3a (diff)
docs/manual: update pkg-kconfig doc about <pkg>_KCONFIG_DOTCONFIG
Content provided by Yann E. Morin. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt
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+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt
@@ -75,3 +75,9 @@ be set to suit the needs of the package under consideration:
configuration file after copying it or running a kconfig editor. Such
commands may be needed to ensure a configuration consistent with other
configuration of Buildroot, for example. By default, empty.
+
+* +FOO_KCONFIG_DOTCONFIG+: path (with filename) of the +.config+ file,
+ relative to the package source tree. The default, +.config+, should
+ be well suited for all packages that use the standard kconfig
+ infrastructure as inherited from the Linux kernel; some packages use
+ a derivative of kconfig that use a different location.