Re: [PATCH v1 04/10] kconfig: Introduce checkconfig target

[Ahmed S. Darwish]

On Sun, 08 Nov 2026, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 08, 2026 at 06:59:45PM +0000, Julian Braha wrote:
> >
> > I think this tool may belong in scripts/ due to the kbuild integration,
> > as was mentioned in the past on another tool review:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20260428183101.GA3304253@ax162/
>
> Yeah, while I would prefer for the script to live in scripts/ due to
> being called from Kbuild, I am not sure if the rules/schemas belong
> there?
>
> It might be better to keep everything in tools/ for that reason,
> especially if this may be called externally, but I am open to other
> thoughts.
>

I would prefer to keep it under tools/ as well.  Because of the PREEMPT_RT
policy, and the possible extra policies from ELISA, etc.

This is why one of the development rules at the top of the Python script,
at patch 03/10, is:

  The tool must not depend on being run inside the kernel source tree.
  This simplifies invocation, testing and possible future packaging.

So, upon (hopefully) including this tool mainline, I'd send a patch to the
Debian kernel team to create a separate Debian package from the kernel
sources for it.  That is, exactly like what they're now doing with perf.

(v2 of this series will add versioning support to the schemas; thus making
 the tool's support for packaging stronger as well.)

Thanks!

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Ahmed S. Darwish
Linutronix GmbH