Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] docs: sphinx-pre-install: add macOS Homebrew support

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

Chen Miao <chenmiao.ku@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for the clarification. I'll first check whether the kernel documentation
> already has something like a "macOS kernel development guide." If not, I think
> it might be worth documenting this.
>
> In particular, macOS uses a case-insensitive APFS volume by default, which can
> cause unexpected problems for newcomers working with the Linux kernel source
> tree. It would be unfortunate if there were no documentation covering the
> things developers need to be aware of when doing kernel development on macOS.
> That said, I suspect this would be better handled in a separate patch series.
>
> Of course, if such documentation already exists, then that's even better, and
> there would be no need to add another one.

There is no such guide now.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I *think* that absence reflects the fact
that Linux kernel development is mostly done on Linux systems?

We can certainly add such a guide if somebody is willing to write it,
and if it would be useful to people.

Thanks,

jon