linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Makefile: improve comment documentation for the rust-analyzer target

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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:08:24 +0200
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, 
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, 
	Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>, 
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Makefile: improve comment documentation for the
 rust-analyzer target

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 10:55 PM John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> Replace the cryptic phrase ("IDE support targets") that initially
> appears to be about how to support old hard drives, with a few sentences
> that explain what "make rust-analyzer" provides.
>
> Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> ---
>  Makefile | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 07308277a6f5..d22491184af6 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1967,7 +1967,9 @@ quiet_cmd_tags = GEN     $@
>  tags TAGS cscope gtags: FORCE
>         $(call cmd,tags)
>
> -# IDE support targets
> +# Generate rust-project.json, which does for Rust what clangd's
> +# compile_commands.json does for C/C++: provides a symbol browsing database for
> +# code editors and IDEs (Integrated Development Environments).

Is "symbol browsing database" the right word here? It's not actually a
list of symbols, but instructions for how to compile the code.

Alice