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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2008-08-12 15:09:06 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-08-12 16:07:30 -0700
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docsrc: build Documentation/ sources
Currently source files in the Documentation/ sub-dir can easily bit-rot since they are not generally buildable, either because they are hidden in text files or because there are no Makefile rules for them. This needs to be fixed so that the source files remain usable and good examples of code instead of bad examples. Add the ability to build source files that are in the Documentation/ dir. Add to Kconfig as "BUILD_DOCSRC" config symbol. Use "CONFIG_BUILD_DOCSRC=1 make ..." to build objects from the Documentation/ sources. Or enable BUILD_DOCSRC in the *config system. However, this symbol depends on HEADERS_CHECK since the header files need to be installed (for userspace builds). Built (using cross-tools) for x86-64, i386, alpha, ia64, sparc32, sparc64, powerpc, sh, m68k, & mips. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index e1d4764435ed..800ac8485544 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -735,6 +735,15 @@ config FIREWIRE_OHCI_REMOTE_DMA
If unsure, say N.
+menuconfig BUILD_DOCSRC
+ bool "Build targets in Documentation/ tree"
+ depends on HEADERS_CHECK
+ help
+ This option attempts to build objects from the source files in the
+ kernel Documentation/ tree.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
source "samples/Kconfig"
source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"