[PATCH v4 10/16] drm/msm: generate headers on the fly

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 at 12:30, Akhil P Oommen <quic_akhilpo at quicinc.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 12:57:02AM +0200, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > Generate DRM/MSM headers on the fly during kernel build. This removes a
> > need to push register changes to Mesa with the following manual
> > synchronization step. Existing headers will be removed in the following
> > commits (split away to ease reviews).
>
> Is this approach common in upstream kernel? Isn't it a bit awkward from
> legal perspective to rely on a source file outside of kernel during
> compilation?

As long as the source file for that file is available. For examples of
non-trivial generated files see
arch/arm64/include/generated/sysreg-defs.h and
arch/arm64/include/generated/cpucap-defs.h

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry