Exports CONFIG_IKCONFIG and CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC to the kernel .config
based upon menu choices under Global build settings --> Kernel build
options.  For simplicity, /proc/config.gz support is assumed, but if
kernel_menuconfig has disabled CONFIG_PROC_FS it will be pruned in
oldconfig.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Santos <daniel.san...@pobox.com>
---
 config/Config-kernel.in | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index f38cc792dd..b03eb929c9 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@ config KERNEL_BUILD_DOMAIN
          returned by 'uname -a' on running systems.
          If not set, uses system hostname at build time.
 
+config KERNEL_IKCONFIG_PROC
+        bool
+        default n
+
+config KERNEL_IKCONFIG
+       bool "Kernel .config support"
+       select KERNEL_IKCONFIG_PROC
+       default n
+       help
+         This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file
+         contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation
+         of which kernel options are used in a running kernel or in an
+         on-disk kernel.  This information can be extracted from the kernel
+         image file with the script scripts/extract-ikconfig and used as
+         input to rebuild the current kernel or to build another kernel.
+         Unless PROC_FS is disabled, it will also be exported via
+         /proc/config.gz.
+
 config KERNEL_PRINTK
        bool "Enable support for printk"
        default y
-- 
2.16.4


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