linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move kernel-doc to tools/docs

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Message-ID: <20260114212558.1aeb1b17@foz.lan>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:25:58 +0100
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>, Shuah Khan
 <shuah@...nel.org>, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move kernel-doc to tools/docs

Em Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:24:31 -0700
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> escreveu:

> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> writes:
> 
> > I do many of these on a regular basis:
> >
> > $ ./scripts/kernel-doc -none -Wall <path_to_source_file>
> >
> > Will I still be able to do that (by using ./tools/doc/kernel-doc ...)?  
> 
> Yes.  The tool moves, but its functionality remains unchanged.

That's actually a good point: should we preserve a link on scripts
pointing to ../tools/doc/kernel-doc? I suspect that a change like
that could break some machinery on several CI tools and scripts
out there. If so, it could be useful to keep a link - at least for
a couple of kernel releases.

Thanks,
Mauro