linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] selftests: Add install target

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Message-ID: <1421627752.3787.8.camel@ellerman.id.au>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:35:52 +1100
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] selftests: Add install target

On Fri, 2015-01-16 at 10:46 -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 01/09/2015 02:06 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > This adds make install support to selftests. The basic usage is:
> > 
> > $ cd tools/testing/selftests
> > $ make install
> > 
> > That installs into tools/testing/selftests/install, which can then be
> > copied where ever necessary.
> > 
> > The install destination is also configurable using eg:
> > 
> > $ INSTALL_PATH=/mnt/selftests make install
> 
> Please see my response to [PATCH 4/6] kbuild: add a new
> kselftest_install make target to install selftests
> 
> These are addressed by the current approach to use existing
> INSTALL_MOD_PATH.

No that's a separate issue.

This patch adds install support for tools/testing/selftests, *completely
separate* from the kbuild infrastructure. 

That is an existing use case, ie. using selftests on its own, which this patch
easily continues to support.

cheers


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