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>Property <SPAN
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>cdl_option <name> {
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>Configuration options live in a hierarchy of packages and components.
By default a given option's position in the hierarchy is a simple
consequence of its position within the CDL scripts. Packages are
generally placed at the top-level of the configuration. Any components
or options that are defined at the same level as the <TT
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command in a package's top-level CDL script are placed immediately
below that package in the hierarchy. Any options or components that
are defined in the body of a <TT
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>In some circumstances it is useful to specify an alternative position
in the hierarchy for a given option. For example it is often
convenient to re-parent device driver packages below
<TT
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facility is useful for configuration options such as global
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>cdl_package CYGPKG_HAL_I386 {
display "i386 architecture"
parent CYGPKG_HAL
hardware
include_dir cyg/hal
define_header hal_i386.h
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}
cdl_component CYGBLD_GLOBAL_OPTIONS {
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commands <A
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<A
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