Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move kernel-doc to tools/docs

[Jonathan Corbet]

Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Em Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:24:31 -0700
>> Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> escreveu:
>>
>>> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> 
>>> > I do many of these on a regular basis:
>>> >
>>> > $ ./scripts/kernel-doc -none -Wall <path_to_source_file>
>>> >
>>> > Will I still be able to do that (by using ./tools/doc/kernel-doc ...)?  
>>> 
>>> Yes.  The tool moves, but its functionality remains unchanged.
>>
>> That's actually a good point: should we preserve a link on scripts
>> pointing to ../tools/doc/kernel-doc? I suspect that a change like
>> that could break some machinery on several CI tools and scripts
>> out there. If so, it could be useful to keep a link - at least for
>> a couple of kernel releases.
>
> I think the tool source should be called kernel_doc.py or something, and
> scripts/kernel-doc should be a script running the former.

I honestly don't get it - why add an extra indirection step here?

Thanks,

jon