kconfig: show '?' prompt even if no help text is available

[carl9170fw.git] / config / expr.h

diff --git a/config/expr.h b/config/expr.h
index ae7583c3a7b189b809cb57fbc92ccabcf593a6e6..c16e82e302a2de32d0101cb4fb535894f1fc0ec2 100644 (file)
--- a/config/expr.h
+++ b/config/expr.h
@@ -74,17 +74,60 @@ enum {
        S_DEF_COUNT
 };
 
+/*
+ * Represents a configuration symbol.
+ *
+ * Choices are represented as a special kind of symbol and have the
+ * SYMBOL_CHOICE bit set in 'flags'.
+ */
 struct symbol {
+       /* The next symbol in the same bucket in the symbol hash table */
        struct symbol *next;
+
+       /* The name of the symbol, e.g. "FOO" for 'config FOO' */
        char *name;
+
+       /* S_BOOLEAN, S_TRISTATE, ... */
        enum symbol_type type;
+
+       /*
+        * The calculated value of the symbol. The SYMBOL_VALID bit is set in
+        * 'flags' when this is up to date. Note that this value might differ
+        * from the user value set in e.g. a .config file, due to visibility.
+        */
        struct symbol_value curr;
+
+       /*
+        * Values for the symbol provided from outside. def[S_DEF_USER] holds
+        * the .config value.
+        */
        struct symbol_value def[S_DEF_COUNT];
+
+       /*
+        * An upper bound on the tristate value the user can set for the symbol
+        * if it is a boolean or tristate. Calculated from prompt dependencies,
+        * which also inherit dependencies from enclosing menus, choices, and
+        * ifs. If 'n', the user value will be ignored.
+        *
+        * Symbols lacking prompts always have visibility 'n'.
+        */
        tristate visible;
+
+       /* SYMBOL_* flags */
        int flags;
+
+       /* List of properties. See prop_type. */
        struct property *prop;
+
+       /* Dependencies from enclosing menus, choices, and ifs */
        struct expr_value dir_dep;
+
+       /* Reverse dependencies through being selected by other symbols */
        struct expr_value rev_dep;
+
+       /*
+        * "Weak" reverse dependencies through being implied by other symbols
+        */
        struct expr_value implied;
 };
 
@@ -133,7 +176,7 @@ enum prop_type {
        P_UNKNOWN,
        P_PROMPT,   /* prompt "foo prompt" or "BAZ Value" */
        P_COMMENT,  /* text associated with a comment */
-       P_MENU,     /* prompt associated with a menuconfig option */
+       P_MENU,     /* prompt associated with a menu or menuconfig symbol */
        P_DEFAULT,  /* default y */
        P_CHOICE,   /* choice value */
        P_SELECT,   /* select BAR */
@@ -267,6 +310,7 @@ struct expr *expr_simplify_unmet_dep(struct expr *e1, struct expr *e2);
 void expr_fprint(struct expr *e, FILE *out);
 struct gstr; /* forward */
 void expr_gstr_print(struct expr *e, struct gstr *gs);
+void expr_gstr_print_revdep(struct expr *e, struct gstr *gs);
 
 static inline int expr_is_yes(struct expr *e)
 {