Hi Mauro, Thank you for the patch. On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 10:32:38AM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Python is listed as an optional dependency, but this is not > true, as kernel-doc is called during compilation when DRM is > enabled. Better document that. > > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> Isn't it only when CONFIG_DRM_HEADER_TEST is enabled ? That option depends on EXPERT && BROKEN, so I wouldn't expect it to be widely enabled. A quick grep shows that CONFIG_DRM_I915_WERROR does the same (with a dependency on EXPERT but not BROKEN though). Is there something else in DRM that invokes kernel-doc ? > --- > Documentation/process/changes.rst | 9 ++++++++- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst > index bccfa19b45df..6a7d7c1ee274 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst > @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 3.4.3 sphinx-build --version > GNU tar 1.28 tar --version > gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version > mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version > -Python (optional) 3.9.x python3 --version > +Python 3.9.x python3 --version > GNU AWK (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version > ====================== =============== ======================================== > > @@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ Perl > You will need perl 5 and the following modules: ``Getopt::Long``, > ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``File::Find`` to build the kernel. > > +Python > +------ > + > +At least Python 2.7 or 3.4 is required if CONFIG_DRM is selected to avoid > +breaking compilation. Documentation build and kernel-doc won't produce > +valid results if version is below 3.7. > + > BC > -- > -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart
