[PATCH v7 10/17] tools: ynl_gen_rst.py: drop support for generating index files

Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2025-06-19T06:50:21Z

As we're now using an index file with a glob, there's no need
to generate index files anymore.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
---
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/doc_generator.py | 26 ------------------------
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py | 26 ------------------------
2 files changed, 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/doc_generator.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/doc_generator.py
index f71360f0ceb7..866551726723 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/doc_generator.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/doc_generator.py
@@ -358,29 +358,3 @@ class YnlDocGenerator:
content = self.parse_yaml(yaml_data)

return content
-
- def generate_main_index_rst(self, output: str, index_dir: str) -> None:
- """Generate the `networking_spec/index` content and write to the file"""
- lines = []
-
- lines.append(self.fmt.rst_header())
- lines.append(self.fmt.rst_label("specs"))
- lines.append(self.fmt.rst_title("Netlink Family Specifications"))
- lines.append(self.fmt.rst_toctree(1))
-
- index_fname = os.path.basename(output)
- base, ext = os.path.splitext(index_fname)
-
- if not index_dir:
- index_dir = os.path.dirname(output)
-
- logging.debug(f"Looking for {ext} files in %s", index_dir)
- for filename in sorted(os.listdir(index_dir)):
- if not filename.endswith(ext) or filename == index_fname:
- continue
- base, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
- lines.append(f" {base}\n")
-
- logging.debug("Writing an index file at %s", output)
-
- return "".join(lines)
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
index b5a665eeaa5a..90ae19aac89d 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ def parse_arguments() -> argparse.Namespace:

# Index and input are mutually exclusive
group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
- group.add_argument(
- "-x", "--index", action="store_true", help="Generate the index page"
- )
group.add_argument("-i", "--input", help="YAML file name")

args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -63,25 +60,6 @@ def write_to_rstfile(content: str, filename: str) -> None:
rst_file.write(content)

-def generate_main_index_rst(output: str) -> None:
- """Generate the `networking_spec/index` content and write to the file"""
-
- lines.append(rst_header())
- lines.append(rst_label("specs"))
- lines.append(rst_title("Netlink Family Specifications"))
- lines.append(rst_toctree(1))
-
- index_dir = os.path.dirname(output)
- logging.debug("Looking for .rst files in %s", index_dir)
- for filename in sorted(os.listdir(index_dir)):
- if not filename.endswith(".rst") or filename == "index.rst":
- continue
- lines.append(f" {filename.replace('.rst', '')}\n")
-
- logging.debug("Writing an index file at %s", output)
- write_to_rstfile(msg, output)
-
-
def main() -> None:
"""Main function that reads the YAML files and generates the RST files"""

@@ -100,10 +78,6 @@ def main() -> None:

write_to_rstfile(content, args.output)

- if args.index:
- # Generate the index RST file
- generate_main_index_rst(args.output)
-

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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