diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index 262722d8867b..c4a293a03c33 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -200,10 +200,14 @@ module state. Dependency expressions have the following syntax:
 <expr> ::= <symbol>                             (1)
            <symbol> '=' <symbol>                (2)
            <symbol> '!=' <symbol>               (3)
-           '(' <expr> ')'                       (4)
-           '!' <expr>                           (5)
-           <expr> '&&' <expr>                   (6)
-           <expr> '||' <expr>                   (7)
+           <symbol1> '<' <symbol2>              (4)
+           <symbol1> '>' <symbol2>              (4)
+           <symbol1> '<=' <symbol2>             (4)
+           <symbol1> '>=' <symbol2>             (4)
+           '(' <expr> ')'                       (5)
+           '!' <expr>                           (6)
+           <expr> '&&' <expr>                   (7)
+           <expr> '||' <expr>                   (8)
 
 Expressions are listed in decreasing order of precedence. 
 
@@ -214,10 +218,13 @@ Expressions are listed in decreasing order of precedence.
     otherwise 'n'.
 (3) If the values of both symbols are equal, it returns 'n',
     otherwise 'y'.
-(4) Returns the value of the expression. Used to override precedence.
-(5) Returns the result of (2-/expr/).
-(6) Returns the result of min(/expr/, /expr/).
-(7) Returns the result of max(/expr/, /expr/).
+(4) If value of <symbol1> is respectively lower, greater, lower-or-equal,
+    or greater-or-equal than value of <symbol2>, it returns 'y',
+    otherwise 'n'.
+(5) Returns the value of the expression. Used to override precedence.
+(6) Returns the result of (2-/expr/).
+(7) Returns the result of min(/expr/, /expr/).
+(8) Returns the result of max(/expr/, /expr/).
 
 An expression can have a value of 'n', 'm' or 'y' (or 0, 1, 2
 respectively for calculations). A menu entry becomes visible when its
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eb59638035dd..c4aa6210a2a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -484,26 +484,6 @@ CLANG_GCC_TC	:= --gcc-toolchain=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN)
 endif
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(CLANG_TARGET) $(CLANG_GCC_TC)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(CLANG_TARGET) $(CLANG_GCC_TC)
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Qunused-arguments,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-variable)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-invalid-specifier)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, gnu)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, address-of-packed-member)
-# Quiet clang warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, tautological-compare)
-# CLANG uses a _MergedGlobals as optimization, but this breaks modpost, as the
-# source of a reference will be _MergedGlobals and not on of the whitelisted names.
-# See modpost pattern 2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -mno-global-merge,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fcatch-undefined-behavior)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -no-integrated-as)
-KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -no-integrated-as)
-else
-
-# These warnings generated too much noise in a regular build.
-# Use make W=1 to enable them (see scripts/Makefile.extrawarn)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
@@ -716,6 +696,29 @@ ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
 endif
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag)
 
+ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Qunused-arguments,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-variable)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-invalid-specifier)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, gnu)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, address-of-packed-member)
+# Quiet clang warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, tautological-compare)
+# CLANG uses a _MergedGlobals as optimization, but this breaks modpost, as the
+# source of a reference will be _MergedGlobals and not on of the whitelisted names.
+# See modpost pattern 2
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -mno-global-merge,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fcatch-undefined-behavior)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -no-integrated-as)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -no-integrated-as)
+else
+
+# These warnings generated too much noise in a regular build.
+# Use make W=1 to enable them (see scripts/Makefile.extrawarn)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
 else
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/.gitignore b/scripts/genksyms/.gitignore
index 86dc07a01b43..e7836b47f060 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-*.hash.c
 *.lex.c
 *.tab.c
 *.tab.h
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
index cbf4996dd9c1..8cee597d33a5 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
@@ -893,7 +893,10 @@ static enum string_value_kind expr_parse_string(const char *str,
 	switch (type) {
 	case S_BOOLEAN:
 	case S_TRISTATE:
-		return k_string;
+		val->s = !strcmp(str, "n") ? 0 :
+			 !strcmp(str, "m") ? 1 :
+			 !strcmp(str, "y") ? 2 : -1;
+		return k_signed;
 	case S_INT:
 		val->s = strtoll(str, &tail, 10);
 		kind = k_signed;