ansible: use native verbosity config instead of custom AV variable

Replace the custom AV makefile variable and validate_av.py script with
Ansible's native verbosity configuration. The verbosity level is now
configured via the verbosity key in ansible.cfg, which can be set
through the new ANSIBLE_CFG_VERBOSITY Kconfig option.

This change removes the $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) variable from all 52
Makefiles that were passing it to ansible-playbook calls. Since
ansible.cfg now contains the verbosity setting, the command-line
argument is no longer needed.

The runtime override is now done using the standard ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY
environment variable instead of the custom AV=N syntax.

Generated-by: Claude AI
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Daniel Gomez <[email protected]>

Author: dkruces

CLAUDE.md

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ make mmtests-compare    # Compare baseline vs dev results (A/B testing)
 ```bash
 make help               # Show available targets
 make V=1 [target]       # Verbose build output
-make AV=1-6 [target]    # Ansible verbose output (levels 0-6)
+ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY=1-6 make [target]  # Ansible verbose output (levels 0-6)
 make dynconfig          # Generate dynamic configuration
 make style              # Check for whitespace issues - ALWAYS run before completing work
 make fix-whitespace-last-commit # Fixes commit white space damage
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ tasks complete, leading to variable access before they're properly set.
 
 ```bash
 # Run with verbose output to see variable resolution
-make target AV=3  # Ansible verbose level 3
+ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY=3 make target  # Ansible verbose level 3
 ```
 
 ### A/B Testing Variable Resolution Example
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ When developing features that involve per-node variables:
    grep "active_.*:" extra_vars.yaml
 
    # Verify node-specific settings
-   make target AV=2 | grep -A5 -B5 "Set.*fact"
+   ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY=2 make target | grep -A5 -B5 "Set.*fact"
    ```
 
 ### Common Patterns to Avoid

Makefile

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ include scripts/gen-nodes.Makefile
 	false)
 
 $(ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE): .config
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) --connection=local \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook --connection=local \
 		--inventory localhost, \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/ansible_cfg.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./.extra_vars_auto.yaml
@@ -264,13 +264,13 @@ include scripts/bringup.Makefile
 endif
 
 $(ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_FILE): .config $(ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE) $(KDEVOPS_HOSTS_TEMPLATE) $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) --connection=local \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook --connection=local \
 		--inventory localhost, \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/gen_hosts.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./extra_vars.yaml
 
 $(KDEVOPS_NODES): .config $(ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE) $(KDEVOPS_NODES_TEMPLATE) $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/gen_nodes.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./extra_vars.yaml
 

Makefile.btrfs_progs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ BTRFS_PROGS_SETUP_ARGS += btrfs_progs_build=True
 
 PHONY += btrfs-progs
 btrfs-progs: $(KDEVOPS_NODES)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/btrfs-progs.yml \
 		--extra-vars=$(BTRFS_PROGS_SETUP_ARGS) $(LIMIT_HOSTS)
 

Makefile.build_qemu

@@ -20,25 +20,25 @@ QEMU_BUILD_SETUP_ARGS += qemu_target="ppc64-softmmu"
 endif
 
 qemu: $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/build_qemu.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./extra_vars.yaml
 PHONY += qemu
 
 qemu-install: $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/build_qemu.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./extra_vars.yaml --tags vars,install
 PHONY += qemu-install
 
 qemu-configure: $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/build_qemu.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./extra_vars.yaml --tags vars,configure
 PHONY += qemu-configure
 
 qemu-build: $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/build_qemu.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./extra_vars.yaml --tags vars,build
 PHONY += qemu-build

Makefile.docker-mirror

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ docker-mirror-help:
 
 docker-mirror: $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
 	@echo "Setting up Docker registry mirror with automatic background updates..."
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		--connection=local \
 		--tags docker-mirror \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/docker-mirror.yml \
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ docker-mirror-status:
 docker-mirror-pull: $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
 	@echo "Manually triggering Docker image downloads..."
 	@echo "This may take several minutes depending on image sizes and network speed."
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		--connection=local \
 		--tags docker-mirror-pull \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/docker-mirror.yml \

Makefile.hypervisor-tunings

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ HYPERVISOR_TUNING_ARGS += hypervisor_tunning_zswap_max_pool_percent=$(ZSWAP_MAX_
 endif
 
 kdevops_hypervisor_tunning: $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/hypervisor-tuning.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./extra_vars.yaml
 PHONY += kdevops_hypervisor_tunning

Makefile.kdevops

@@ -8,28 +8,28 @@ kdevops_all: kdevops_deps
 PHONY := kdevops_all
 
 kdevops_terraform_deps:
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		--inventory localhost, \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/install_terraform.yml
 PHONY += kdevops_terraform_deps
 
 kdevops_install_libvirt:
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/libvirt_user.yml -e "skip_configuration=True"
 
 kdevops_configure_libvirt:
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/libvirt_user.yml -e "skip_install=True" \
 		-e 'running_user=$(USER)'
 
 kdevops_verify_libvirt_user:
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/libvirt_user.yml -e "only_verify_user=True"
 
 PHONY += kdevops_verify_libvirt_user
 
 kdevops_libvirt_storage_pool_create:
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/libvirt_storage_pool_create.yml
 
 PHONY += kdevops_libvirt_storage_pool_create

Makefile.postfix

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ POSTFIX_SETUP_ARGS += postfix_relay_host_setup=True
 POSTFIX_SETUP_ARGS += postfix_relay_host=$(POSTFIX_RELAY_HOST)
 
 kdevops_postfix_setup_relay: $(KDEVOPS_EXTRA_VARS)
-	$(Q)ansible-playbook $(ANSIBLE_VERBOSE) \
+	$(Q)ansible-playbook \
 		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/postfix_relay_host.yml \
 		--extra-vars=@./extra_vars.yaml
 PHONY += kdevops_postfix_setup_relay

docs/fio-tests.md

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ CI-specific optimizations:
 Enable verbose output:
 ```bash
 make V=1 fio-tests              # Verbose build output
-make AV=2 fio-tests             # Ansible verbose output
+ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY=2 make fio-tests  # Ansible verbose output
 ```
 
 ## Performance considerations

docs/monitoring.md

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ grep -E "enable_monitoring|monitor_" .config
 
 2. **Check ansible output for monitoring tasks**:
 ```bash
-make fstests-tests AV=2 | grep -A5 -B5 monitoring
+ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY=2 make fstests-tests | grep -A5 -B5 monitoring
 ```
 
 3. **Look for error messages**: