Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:03:11 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 01:01:29PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Greg KH wrote: > > > > And that is the key problem. magazine here, conference there, talk > > > (perhaps only slides available) somewhere else -- a manual that was in > > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation might make a real difference. Even a > > > commented link list in Documentation/* might be a good starting point. > > > > > > Patrick Mochel added some bits three years ago, but they were internals > > > and thus a bit less interesting. > > > > What would be "interesting"? The sysfs and driver model chapter of the > > Linux Device Driver book from Oreilly, third edition? Or something > > oriented toward users of sysfs, not developers using it? > > Integrating documentation with the kernel.
What kind of documentation? user oriented documentation like how to find specific stuff in sysfs? Or developer oriented documentation, like we have there now.
> Documentation/* is constantly out of date and incomplete, and > sometimes has non-intuitive names.
It's not always out of date. And patches are always gladly accepted.
Also, what non-intuitive names are you referring to?
thanks,
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