Re: [PATCH] kbuild: update headers_install.txt document

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Wed Dec 03 2014 - 09:02:45 EST


On Wed, 3 Dec 2014 15:45:41 +0900
Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The arch header directories "include/asm-*" were moved long ago.
> Now we should check the existence of arch/*/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
> to see if an architecture supports the headers installation.
> (Actually, "um" is the only architecture that does not have it.)
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

So please forgive me if I seem overly difficult and fussy, but... while
I'm all for fancy shell one-liners, wouldn't it be more straightforward,
in this case, to simply say in the documentation that all architectures
other than um have support?

Thanks,

jon
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