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@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ configuration systems. It can do the following, among other things:
The generated headers use the same format as ``include/generated/autoconf.h``
from the Linux kernel.
+- **Implement incremental builds**
+
+ This uses the same scheme as the ``include/config`` directory in the kernel:
+ Symbols are translated into files that are touched when the symbol's value
+ changes between builds, which can be used to avoid having to do a full
+ rebuild whenever the configuration is changed.
+
+ See the ``sync_deps()`` function for more information.
+
- **Inspect symbols**
Printing a symbol gives output which could be fed back into a Kconfig parser