Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] kbuild: Add "make headers" to "make help" output

[Xin Li]

On 3/10/2025 7:13 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM Xin Li <xin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On 3/8/2025 7:12 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM Xin Li (Intel) <xin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > Meanwhile explicitly state that the headers are uapi headers.
> > > >
> > > > There are many internal-use targets, which are not documented in the
> > > > help message.
> > > > I assume this one is the case.
> > > >
> > > > If users want to install UAPI headers, 'headers_install' is
> > > > the user-visible interface and it is already documented.
> > >
> > > hpa and Boris prefer to add it, which I also agree.  But ofc it's your
> > > call :)
> > >
> > > If you don't want to add help for "headers", it probably still makes
> > > sense to explicitly state that the headers are uapi headers, no?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >       Xin
> >
> >
> > If a help message for "headers" is desired, how about this?
> >
> >    headers  - Build read-to-install uapi headers in usr/include
>
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> For clarification, the following is the rationale.
>
>
> Build                 Installation
> -------------------------------------
> vmlinux               install
> modules               modules_install
> dtbs                  dtbs_install
> headers               headers_install
>
>
>
> In Kbuild, the Build and Installation are separate steps,
> since the latter usually requires the root permission.

Oh, I didn't realize, thanks for making it clear.
    Xin