[PATCH 3/4] tools: Add a help target

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Mar 29 2012 - 08:26:33 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@xxxxxxx>

... and make it the default one so that calling 'make' without arguments
in the tools/ directory gives you the possible targets to build along
with a short description of what they are.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/Makefile | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 134b3604b0b3..25566cd74937 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
include scripts/Makefile.include

+help:
+ @echo 'Possible targets:'
+ @echo ''
+ @echo ' cpupower - a tool for all things x86 CPU power'
+ @echo ' firewire - the userspace part of nosy, an IEEE-1394 traffic sniffer'
+ @echo ' lguest - a minimal 32-bit x86 hypervisor'
+ @echo ' perf - Linux performance measurement and analysis tool'
+ @echo ' slub - slabs reporting tool'
+ @echo ' turbostat - Intel CPU idle stats and freq reporting tool'
+ @echo ' usb - USB testing tools'
+ @echo ' virtio - vhost test module'
+ @echo ' x86_energy_perf_policy - Intel energy policy tool'
+ @echo ''
+ @echo 'Cleaning targets:'
+ @echo ''
+ @echo ' all of the above with the "_clean" string appended cleans'
+ @echo ' the respective build directory.'
+ @echo ' clean: a summary clean target to clean _all_ folders'
+
perf firewire lguest slub usb virtio: FORCE
$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)$@/ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1)

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1.7.9.3.362.g71319

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