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Vikrant
Vikrant

Reputation: 43

What Kconfig file Represents?

I had written one driver for serial communication. Now I want to add it to my linux kernel. So for that I have to change Kconfig file in drivers/usb/serial. I have rerffered Kconfig file in that. But I don't understand the names written after config, tristate etc.

What that names indicate? Where they belong or link(I don't find that particular name in that dedicatory)?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5125

Answers (1)

Federico
Federico

Reputation: 3892

The name that you write after tristate (it is not always tristate), is just the name of the driver. To see it, try to use:

make ARCH=ARM menuconfig

Go into:

     -> Device Drivers
         -> Character devices
             -> Serial drivers

Here you can see the name ARM AMBA PL010 serial port support associated to the PL011 driver

Upvotes: 1

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