Re: [PATCH] docbook: split kernel-api, add device-drivers book

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Sun Feb 15 2009 - 04:28:32 EST


On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 04:26:44PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The kernel-api docbook was much larger than any of the others,
> so processing it took longer and needed some docbook extras in
> some cases, so split it into kernel-api (infrastructure etc.)
> and device drivers/device subsystems. This allows these docbooks
> to be generated in parallel. (This reduced the docbook processing
> time on my 4-proc system with make -j4 from about 5min:16sec to
> about 2min:01sec.)
>
> The chapters that were moved from kernel-api to device-drivers are:
>
> Driver Basics
> Device drivers infrastructure
> Parallel Port Devices
> Message-based devices
> Sound Devices
> 16x50 UART Driver
> Frame Buffer Library
> Input Subsystem
> Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
> I2C and SMBus Subsystem
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>

I like the split, and I assume you will carry the patch in a Documentation tree?

Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sam
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