Re: kbuild: Improve descriptions for the make parameter âCâ

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Jul 07 2020 - 10:17:11 EST


> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Makefile?id=cdd3bb54332f82295ed90cd0c09c78cd0c0ee822#n201
>
> ââ
> # Use 'make C=1' to enable checking of only re-compiled files.
> # Use 'make C=2' to enable checking of *all* source files, regardless
> # of whether they are re-compiled or not.
> ââ

I got the impression that source files would be checked according to
such build parameters before a corresponding compilation try.
How do you think about to adjust descriptions which were added with
the commit 1c7bafe7206d928eaccbcbd08d868733e0fb7054 ("kbuild: clarify
"make C=" build option")?
https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/24/176
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/65119/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/115913270694-git-send-email-sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx/

Regards,
Markus