Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:35:54 -0700 | From | Shuah Khan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/6] selftests: Add install target |
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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?
thanks, -- Shuah
-- Shuah Khan Sr. Linux Kernel Developer Open Source Innovation Group Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley) shuahkh@osg.samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
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