Re: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: Fix litmus-tests's file names for case-insensitive filesystem.

[Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 08:43:31AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 11:06:05AM +0100, Sz"oke Benjamin wrote:
> > 2024. 11. 12. 2:02 keltezéssel, Boqun Feng írta:
> > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 12:21:51AM +0100, Sz"oke Benjamin wrote:
> > > > 2024. 11. 11. 23:00 keltezéssel, Linus Torvalds írta:
> > > > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 at 13:15, Sz"oke Benjamin <egyszeregy@freemail.hu> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > There is a technical issue in the Linux kernel source tree's file naming/styles
> > > > > > in git clone command on case-insensitive filesystem.
> > > > > 
> > > > > No.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This is entirely your problem.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The kernel build does not work, and is not intended to work on broken setups.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If you have a case-insensitive filesystem, you get to keep both broken parts.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I actively hate case-insensitive filesystems. It's a broken model in
> > > > > so many ways. I will not lift a finger to try to help that
> > > > > braindamaged setup.
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Here's a nickel, Kid. Go buy yourself a real computer"
> > > > > 
> > > > >                Linus
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > In this patch my goal is to improve Linux kernel codebase to able to
> > > > edit/coding in any platform, in an IDE which has a modern GUI.
> > > > 
> > > > Chillout, i am not so stupid to compile kernel on this "braindamaged setup",
> > > > I just like to edit the code and manage it by git commands.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Then you just need to create a case-sensitive partition, no? What's the
> > > *technical* issue of doing that? And that cannot be more challenging
> > > than testing your kernel changes, right? So it won't raise the bar of a
> > > potential serious kernel contributer.
> > 
> > It is easy to say just need a case-sensitive partition, and sure it can be
> > configurable but for example on Windows, admin rights needed for it, which
> > is not available in 90% for a workstation machine in an universitiy or a
> > general company.
> 
> Or, as Boqun suggested, one of these websites:
> 
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11/source
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master
> https://lxr.linux.no/
> 

I would also suggest using WSL or using GitHub codespaces or similar:

	https://github.com/codespaces

because in 2024, trend is cloud computing. ;-)

Regards,
Boqun

> And quite a few more.  They have at least some of the IDE-provided
> cross-referencing capabilities, though I must confess that I still use
> cscope and vi.  ;-)
> 
> 							Thanx, Paul