On Mon, 2015-01-19 at 09:35 -0700, Shuah Khan wrote: > On 01/18/2015 05:35 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > On Fri, 2015-01-16 at 10:46 -0700, Shuah Khan wrote: > >> On 01/09/2015 02:06 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > >>> This adds make install support to selftests. The basic usage is: > >>> > >>> $ cd tools/testing/selftests > >>> $ make install > >>> > >>> That installs into tools/testing/selftests/install, which can then be > >>> copied where ever necessary. > >>> > >>> The install destination is also configurable using eg: > >>> > >>> $ INSTALL_PATH=/mnt/selftests make install > >> > >> Please see my response to [PATCH 4/6] kbuild: add a new > >> kselftest_install make target to install selftests > >> > >> These are addressed by the current approach to use existing > >> INSTALL_MOD_PATH. > > > > No that's a separate issue. > > > > This patch adds install support for tools/testing/selftests, *completely > > separate* from the kbuild infrastructure. > > What's the use-case for this feature? I don't see why we need multiple > ways to do the install?
Exactly the use case I described in the sentence above. Currently the selftests directory is usable on its own. You can copy the selftests directory somewhere and it is functional. That is a useful feature, and there's no reason to break it. cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
