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[kconfig-frontends] / docs / kconfig.txt

diff --git a/docs/kconfig.txt b/docs/kconfig.txt
index 3f429ed8b3b885a5a0af7d22d26c05cd9eac49e1..bbc99c0c1094949d8dd36f68f2516e8fb879b0e4 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/kconfig.txt
+++ b/docs/kconfig.txt
@@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ symbols have been introduced.
 To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use
 
        cp user/some/old.config .config
-       yes "" | make oldconfig >conf.new
+       make listnewconfig
 
-and the config program will list as (NEW) any new symbols that have
-unknown values.  Of course, the .config file is also updated with
-new (default) values, so you can use:
-
-       grep "(NEW)" conf.new
-
-to see the new config symbols or you can use diffconfig to see the
-differences between the previous and new .config files:
+and the config program will list any new symbols, one per line.
 
        scripts/diffconfig .config.old .config | less
 
@@ -165,7 +158,7 @@ Searching in menuconfig:
        Example:
                /hotplug
                This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
-               e.g., HOTPLUG, HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
+               e.g., HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
 
        For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
        <Help>) and Enter.  This will tell you that you can also use
@@ -174,6 +167,17 @@ Searching in menuconfig:
 
                /^hotplug
 
+       When searching, symbols are sorted thus:
+         - first, exact matches, sorted alphabetically (an exact match
+           is when the search matches the complete symbol name);
+         - then, other matches, sorted alphabetically.
+       For example: ^ATH.K matches:
+           ATH5K ATH9K ATH5K_AHB ATH5K_DEBUG [...] ATH6KL ATH6KL_DEBUG
+           [...] ATH9K_AHB ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT ATH9K_COMMON [...]
+       of which only ATH5K and ATH9K match exactly and so are sorted
+       first (and in alphabetical order), then come all other symbols,
+       sorted in alphabetical order.
+
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