Documentation Targets

These targets build the internal kernel documentation in a variety of different formats.

Table 10-7. Documentation targets

Target

Description

xmldocs

Builds the kernel documentation as XML DocBook files.

psdocs

Builds the kernel documentation as PostScript files.

pdfdocs

Builds the kernel documentation as PDF files.

htmldocs

Builds the kernel documentation as HTML files.

mandocs

Builds the kernel documentation as a set of man pages, which can then be installed with the installmandocs target.

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