[PATCH v5 13/15] tools: ynl_gen_rst.py: drop support for generating index files

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 04:06:26 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/netlink_yml_parser.py | 26 -----------------------
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py | 17 ---------------
2 files changed, 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/netlink_yml_parser.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/netlink_yml_parser.py
index f71360f0ceb7..866551726723 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/netlink_yml_parser.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/netlink_yml_parser.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 5d29ce01c60c..9e756d3c403d 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@ def parse_arguments() -> argparse.Namespace:

parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true")
parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="Output file name")
- parser.add_argument("-d", "--input_dir", help="YAML input directory")

# 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()
@@ -71,15 +67,6 @@ def write_to_rstfile(content: str, filename: str) -> None:
rst_file.write(content)


-def write_index_rst(parser: YnlDocGenerator, output: str, index_dir: str) -> None:
- """Generate the `networking_spec/index` content and write to the file"""
-
- msg = parser.generate_main_index_rst(output, index_dir)
-
- 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"""

@@ -98,10 +85,6 @@ def main() -> None:

write_to_rstfile(content, args.output)

- if args.index:
- # Generate the index RST file
- write_index_rst(parser, args.output, args.input_dir)
-

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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