> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Makefile?id=cdd3bb54332f82295ed90cd0c09c78cd0c0ee822#n201 > > “… > # Use 'make C=1' to enable checking of only re-compiled files. > # Use 'make C=2' to enable checking of *all* source files, regardless > # of whether they are re-compiled or not. > …” I got the impression that source files would be checked according to such build parameters before a corresponding compilation try. How do you think about to adjust descriptions which were added with the commit 1c7bafe7206d928eaccbcbd08d868733e0fb7054 ("kbuild: clarify "make C=" build option")? https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/24/176 https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/65119/ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/115913270694-git-send-email-sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ Regards, Markus