build some drivers only when compile-testing

[karo-tx-linux.git] / init / Kconfig

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 55ccdf6640ff8a46e7d7fd845a5b4b9701c61075..1e825c299ea5f1e30086824a7d198aa758a58645 100644 (file)
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ config CROSS_COMPILE
          need to set this unless you want the configured kernel build
          directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
 
+config COMPILE_TEST
+       bool "Compile also drivers which will not load"
+       default n
+       help
+         Some drivers can be compiled on a different platform than they are
+         intended to be run on. Despite they cannot be loaded there (or even
+         when they load they cannot be used due to missing HW support),
+         developers still, opposing to distributors, might want to build such
+         drivers to compile-test them.
+
+         If you are a developer and want to build everything available, say Y
+         here. If you are a user/distributor, say N here to exclude useless
+         drivers to be distributed.
+
 config LOCALVERSION
        string "Local version - append to kernel release"
        help