Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

From: Randy.Dunlap
Date: Thu Feb 16 2006 - 11:49:25 EST


On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, 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. Documentation/* is constantly
> out of date and incomplete, and sometimes has non-intuitive names.

I mostly agree and I'm trying to update it -- in my spare time.

Help is accepted. 8:)

--
~Randy
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