diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index 2fe93ca7c77c4c97bf9252308e734b595f83c4b8..a4bbaaf34981dcf6e443a66f405aaa3049277d80 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ separate list of options. choices: - "choice" + "choice" [symbol] "endchoice" @@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ single driver can be compiled/loaded into the kernel, but all drivers can be compiled as modules. A choice accepts another option "optional", which allows to set the choice to 'n' and no entry needs to be selected. +If no [symbol] is associated with a choice, then you can not have multiple +definitions of that choice. If a [symbol] is associated to the choice, +then you may define the same choice (ie. with the same entries) in another +place. comment: