Re: [PATCH] Intel Restricted Access Region Handler

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Mar 19 2010 - 18:56:46 EST


On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 03:53:07PM -0700, Othman, Ossama wrote:
> Andrew, Greg,
>
> > Regarding the code itself: it appears to implement a userspace
> > interface via some /dev node. But there is no description of this
> > interface at all in the changelog and there is no documentation
> > provided. But the userspace-facing interface is the most important
> > part of the entire feature, because it is something we cannot ever
> > change. It should be exhaustively described right up-front in the
> > changelog so that reviewers can easily and fully understand the
> > proposed API.
>
> Would a README file of some sort be suitable to describe the driver
> interface or should I just embed additional documentation in the
> driver's interface header?

You are going to have to create a Documentation/ABI/ style file
eventually, so you might as well do it now and add it to the driver
directory.

thanks,

greg k-h
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