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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 0/7] Remove errors building drivers/DRIVERNAME
    On 27.09.18 23:08:09, Leonardo Brás wrote:
    > This Patchset changes some driver's Makefile to allow them building
    > using the command 'make drivers/DRIVERNAME', if compatible.
    >
    > The changed drivers would return error if the above command was run
    > on them, after an x86 allyesconfig.

    I don't see what you are trying to achieve here. Why shouldn't the
    command fail if it is not the intended way to call it? There are a
    couple of use cases where drivers/ is used to share common code over
    different archs and it is not always the intention to build them in
    drivers/ directly.

    >
    > The main reason of this patchset is to allow building lists of
    > drivers looking for warnings and errors to be fixed.

    If a list is the intention here, aren't there other ways to create it
    other than using drivers/*?

    -Robert

    >
    > I see this change as a new feature, not a bugfix. I understand
    > the default bahavior may be building with a simple 'make', but I
    > believe adding this new possibility will not be harmful.
    >
    > My main objective is to allow developers with low processing power
    > to do changes in the kernel and look bugs using free services like
    > GiltabCI, before submitting to community.
    >
    > If there is any interest helping/using this, I have a prototype in:
    > https://gitlab.com/LeoBras/linux-next

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