Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / Documentation / kbuild / kconfig.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index 213859e69e88096fc9c45e60d6ddebd92f512e31..e349f293cc9829dc5cad185a41f95cb8627e90ea 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -174,6 +174,19 @@ Searching in menuconfig:
 
                /^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).
+       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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 User interface options for 'menuconfig'