linux-kernel - Re: kbuild: Improve descriptions for the make parameter “C”

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jul 2020 16:16:43 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: kbuild: Improve descriptions for the make parameter “C”

> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Makefile?id=cdd3bb54332f82295ed90cd0c09c78cd0c0ee822#n201
>
> “…
> # Use 'make C=1' to enable checking of only re-compiled files.
> # Use 'make C=2' to enable checking of *all* source files, regardless
> # of whether they are re-compiled or not.
> …”

I got the impression that source files would be checked according to
such build parameters before a corresponding compilation try.
How do you think about to adjust descriptions which were added with
the commit 1c7bafe7206d928eaccbcbd08d868733e0fb7054 ("kbuild: clarify
"make C=" build option")?
https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/24/176
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/65119/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/115913270694-git-send-email-sam@ravnborg.org/

Regards,
Markus