linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] docs: Makefile: Sort Documentation targets case-insensitively in make help

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Message-ID: <87bjlg72u0.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:26:47 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Bhanu Seshu Kumar Valluri <bhanuseshukumar@...il.com>, Randy Dunlap
 <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, khalid@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org, skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
 david.hunter.linux@...il.com, bhanuseshukumar@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: Makefile: Sort Documentation targets
 case-insensitively in make help

Bhanu Seshu Kumar Valluri <bhanuseshukumar@...il.com> writes:

> Avoid case-sensitive sorting when listing Documentation targets in make help.
> Previously, targets like PCI and RCU appeared ahead of others due to uppercase
> names.
>
> Normalize casing during _SPHINXDIRS generation to ensure consistent and
> intuitive ordering.
>
> Fixes: 965fc39f7393 ("Documentation: sort _SPHINXDIRS for 'make help'")
> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bhanu Seshu Kumar Valluri <bhanuseshukumar@...il.com>
> ---
>  V1-V2 changes
>  - Rebased on to commit 27600b51fbc8 ("MAINTAINERS: extend DOCUMENTATION SCRIPTS to the full directories")
>    in docs-next.
>  - Link to V1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251015012922.19467-1-bhanuseshukumar@gmail.com/

Applied, thanks.

jon