[PATCH 1/1] doc: describe Kconfig fragments

Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Tue Aug 29 08:54:27 CEST 2023


In the 'Build with GCC' chapter mention Kconfig fragments and show how they
are applied.

Adjust the formatting in the configuration section to consistently use
italics for file names.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
---
 doc/build/gcc.rst | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/build/gcc.rst b/doc/build/gcc.rst
index a0650a51db..40fe207890 100644
--- a/doc/build/gcc.rst
+++ b/doc/build/gcc.rst
@@ -74,21 +74,46 @@ beforehand. Please, refer to the board specific documentation
 Configuration
 -------------
 
-Directory configs/ contains the template configuration files for the maintained
-boards following the naming scheme::
+Directory *configs/* contains the template configuration files for the
+maintained boards following the naming scheme::
 
     <board name>_defconfig
 
 These files have been stripped of default settings. So you cannot use them
 directly. Instead their name serves as a make target to generate the actual
-configuration file .config. For instance the configuration template for the
-Odroid C2 board is called odroid-c2_defconfig. The corresponding .config file
-is generated by
+configuration file *.config*. For instance the configuration template for the
+Odroid C2 board is called *odroid-c2_defconfig*. The corresponding *.config*
+file is generated by
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     make odroid-c2_defconfig
 
+For some of the boards configuration fragments exist in directory *configs/*
+which can be used to modify the generated *.config* file. These are named::
+
+    <fragment name>.config
+
+They are applied to the current configuration file *.config* using the make
+command. E.g. the LG X3 T30 device family uses fragments for board specific
+configuration while providing a single defconfig file for the device family:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    # Generate device family .config file
+    make x3_t30_defconfig
+    # Apply board specific configuration fragment
+    make p895.config
+
+You can use a single command instead.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    make x3_t30_defconfig p895.config
+
+Details about available configuration fragments are provided in the
+:doc:`board specific documentation<../board/index>`.
+
 You can adjust the configuration using
 
 .. code-block:: bash
-- 
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