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SubjectRe: [PATCH] UAPI: Remove empty Kbuild files
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Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:

> >>> I want to know whether I should extend my patch to remove include/Kbuild
> >>> and any refs to it.
> >>
> >> make headers_install starts at include/uapi, so include/Kbuild is not
> >> needed. And new exported headers end up in inclde/uapi, so there will
> >> probably not be need for include/Kbuild in the future either. IMO, just
> >> remove it.
> >
> > That's not all Kbuild does. It also handles autogenerated headers.
>
> That's true. But include/generated is handled by the main Makefile
> directly as well.

But there are generated header files that aren't so handled - though those are
only currently to be found in arch/. I don't mind removing it, it's just that
I don't want to preclude anyone's use of it.

David


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