On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 08:26:51 -0600 Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fix KBUILD_OUTPUT usage instructions. The current documentation > is incorrect. > > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> So I'll confess to being a little confused by this one... > Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst > index c8c03388b9de..6c910ddaa9f9 100644 > --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst > +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst > @@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ Build and run from user specific object directory (make O=dir):: > > $ make O=/tmp/kselftest kselftest > > -Build and run KBUILD_OUTPUT directory (make KBUILD_OUTPUT=):: > +Build and run from KBUILD_OUTPUT directory (make KBUILD_OUTPUT=):: > > - $ make KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest kselftest > + $ export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest; make kselftest Is there a particular reason why this variable needs to be set in the environment rather than just in make? More importantly, though, I don't think this would work if you run it from the KBUILD_OUTPUT directory. What you're really doing is running with a separate output directory, right? Thanks, jon
