Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] docs/zh_CN: how-to: document case-sensitive APFS setup

From: Weijie Yuan

Date: Thu Aug 13 2026 - 11:54:08 EST


On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 02:23:23AM +0800, Chen Miao wrote:
> The APFS volume used by macOS is case-insensitive by default, while the
> kernel tree contains file names that differ only in case. Document the
> diskutil commands needed to identify the APFS container and add a
> case-sensitive volume before cloning the tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Miao <chenmiao.ku@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Weijie Yuan <wy@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Documentation/translations/zh_CN/how-to.rst | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/how-to.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/how-to.rst
> index 9ec2384e1..e1d3d2b8b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/how-to.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/how-to.rst
> @@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ Linux 发行版和简单地使用 Linux 命令行,那么可以迅速开始了
> 开头的命令。**请注意**,最新版本 Sphinx 的文档编译速度有极大提升,强烈建议
> 您通过 pip/pypi 安装最新版本 Sphinx。
>
> +macOS 默认使用不区分文件名大小写的 APFS 卷,而内核源码树中存在仅大小写
> +不同的文件。在执行 ``git clone`` 前,可在现有 APFS 容器中创建一个额外的大小写
> +敏感卷(先用 ``diskutil apfs list`` 找到容器标识符,并将下面的 ``diskX`` 替换为该标识符)::
> +
> + diskutil apfs addVolume diskX APFSX Linux
> +
> +然后将内核源码克隆到新卷中。
> +
> 如果您处于一个多用户环境中,为了避免对其他人造成影响,建议您配置单用户
> sphinx 虚拟环境,即只需要执行::

Nit: In the subsequent content of this article, all commands use "make",
not "gmake". So, is it necessary to mention the content of the patch
[5/6] here? (Use gmake from Homebrew instead of make from Apple), like a
cross-reference, to lead the macOS users to get more detailed info.

But I'm fine with currunt wordings. Because if you try to use 'make',
you'll get

Makefile:15: *** GNU Make >= 4.0 is required. Your Make version is 3.81. Stop.

then, you should realize that Homebrew had told you that you should run
'gmake' instead of 'make'.

Thanks.