linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] docsrc: build Documentation/ sources

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Message-ID: <20080729202732.GB6007@gollum.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:27:32 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] docsrc: build Documentation/ sources

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 01:05:15PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> 
> Currently source files in the Documentation/ sub-dir can easily bit-rot
> since they are not generally buildable, either because they are hidden
> in text files or because there are no Makefile rules for them.
> This needs to be fixed so that the source files remain usable and good
> examples of code instead of bad examples.
> 
> Add the ability to build source files that are in the Documentation/ dir.
> Add to Kconfig as "BUILD_DOCSRC" config symbol.
> 
> Use "CONFIG_BUILD_DOCSRC=1 make ..." to build objects from the
> Documentation/ sources.  Or enable BUILD_DOCSRC in the *config system.

How about simply adding another makefile target instead? This is more
intuitive, imho, and complies with the Kbuild conventions so far.
Something like:

make docsrc

similar to 'make help' or 'make pdfdocs' etc.

[..]
-- 
Regards/Gruß,
    Boris.
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