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

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

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.

Thanks,
Mauro