On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM Xin Li <xin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 3/8/2025 7:12 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM Xin Li (Intel) <xin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > > >> Meanwhile explicitly state that the headers are uapi headers. > > > > > > There are many internal-use targets, which are not documented in the > > > help message. > > > I assume this one is the case. > > > > > > If users want to install UAPI headers, 'headers_install' is > > > the user-visible interface and it is already documented. > > > > > > > > > > hpa and Boris prefer to add it, which I also agree. But ofc it's your > > call :) > > > > If you don't want to add help for "headers", it probably still makes > > sense to explicitly state that the headers are uapi headers, no? > > > > Thanks! > > Xin > > > If a help message for "headers" is desired, how about this? > > headers - Build read-to-install uapi headers in usr/include For clarification, the following is the rationale. Build Installation ------------------------------------- vmlinux install modules modules_install dtbs dtbs_install headers headers_install In Kbuild, the Build and Installation are separate steps, since the latter usually requires the root permission. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
