On 9/29/20 2:11 PM, John Hubbard wrote:
On 9/29/20 1:00 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
On 9/29/20 1:53 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
I only remarked because I didn't know it wasn't using kbuild. I
thought it would have used the existing HOSTCC stuff, not sure why it
is special.
The only investment that seems worthwhile would be to switch it to use
the normal kbuild stuff??
I explored switching to kbuild at the kernel summit last year during
my kselftest where are we talk.
There was push back from several developers. We can definitely explore
it as long as we can still support being able to build and run
individual subsystem tests and doesn't break workflow for developers.
Do you have a link or two for that? Especially about the pushback, and
conclusions reached, if any.
Unfortunately no. A I recall it was workflow related issues and ease of
running individual subsystem tests and backwards compatibility with
stables.
Let's start a new discussion and see where we land.
thanks,
-- Shuah
