Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Remove errors building drivers/DRIVERNAME

[Robert Richter]

On 27.09.18 23:08:09, Leonardo Brás wrote:
> This Patchset changes some driver's Makefile to allow them building
> using the command 'make drivers/DRIVERNAME', if compatible.
> 
> The changed drivers would return error if the above command was run
> on them, after an x86 allyesconfig.

I don't see what you are trying to achieve here. Why shouldn't the
command fail if it is not the intended way to call it? There are a
couple of use cases where drivers/ is used to share common code over
different archs and it is not always the intention to build them in
drivers/ directly.

> 
> The main reason of this patchset is to allow building lists of
> drivers looking for warnings and errors to be fixed.

If a list is the intention here, aren't there other ways to create it
other than using drivers/*?

-Robert

> 
> I see this change as a new feature, not a bugfix. I understand
> the default bahavior may be building with a simple 'make', but I
> believe adding this new possibility will not be harmful.
> 
> My main objective is to allow developers with low processing power
> to do changes in the kernel and look bugs using free services like
> GiltabCI, before submitting to community.
> 
> If there is any interest helping/using this, I have a prototype in:
> https://gitlab.com/LeoBras/linux-next