linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/15] kbuild: remove headers_{install,check}

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Message-ID: <20190604175706.GA4093@ravnborg.org>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 19:57:06 +0200
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/15] kbuild: remove headers_{install,check}_all

On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 07:13:55PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> headers_install_all does not make much sense any more because different
> architectures export different set of uapi/linux/ headers. As you see
> in include/uapi/linux/Kbuild, the installation of a.out.h, kvm.h, and
> kvm_para.h is arch-dependent. So, headers_install_all repeats the
> installation/removal of them.
> 
> If somebody really thinks it is useful to do headers_install for all
> architectures, it would be possible by small shell-scripting, but the
> top Makefile do not have to provide entry targets just for that purpose.
Agreed, good to see this be dropped.
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>