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
/^hotplug
When searching, symbols are sorted thus:
- - exact match first: an exact match is when the search matches
- the complete symbol name;
- - alphabetical order: when two symbols do not match exactly,
- they are sorted in alphabetical order (in the user's current
- locale).
+ - 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 [...]