linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Some kernel-doc fixes

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Message-ID: <87h5s79cyj.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:34:28 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
 <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap
 <rdunlap@...radead.org>, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Some kernel-doc fixes

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> writes:

> Hi Jon,
>
> This small series contain 3 patches:
> - patch 1 fixes PDF docs build, as reported by Akira;
>   (I'm resending this one as-is from its v2)
> - patch 2 addresses a complain from Jani about not being able
>   of disabling "-q" flag when building docs with V=0;
> - patch 3 addresses an issue indirectly reported by Jani that
>   it the env vars that affects the wrapper aren't documented.
>
> With regards to patch 2, docs build honours V=0 by adding a
> "-q" flag.
>
> When V=1 is set, there are two effects in place:
>
> 1. sphix-build will be called without "-q";
> 2. Sphinx extensions will increase their verbosity levels.
>
> Sometimes, it is desired to just remove "-q" without increasing
> extensions verbosity. That's what patch 2 does.
>
> IMO, at least patch 1 should be merged during Kernel v6.21
> development cycle.

6.21?  I'm kind of assuming you mean the *next* cycle, which will be
7.0?

Thanks,

jon