linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Document each netlink family

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Message-ID: <20231120131424.18187f0e@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:14:24 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc:     leit@...a.com, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, donald.hunter@...il.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Document each netlink family

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:43:11 -0800 Breno Leitao wrote:
> > %.rst: $(YNL_YAML_DIR)/%.yaml
> > 	$(YNL_TOOL) -i $< -o $@  
> 
> That is basically what it does now in the current implementation, but,
> you don't need to pass the full path and no output file, since it knows
> where to get the file and where to save it to.
> 
> If you are curious about the current python script, I've pushed it here:
> https://github.com/leitao/linux/blob/netdev_discuss/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-rst.py
> 
> I can easily remove the paths inside the python file and only keep it in
> the Makefile, so, we can use -i $< and -o $@.

I think switching to -i / -o with full paths and removing the paths
from the generator is worthwhile.

We'll need to call the generator for another place sooner or later.