linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.23-rc7 1/3] async_tx: usage documentation and developer notes

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Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:05:56 -0400
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	neilb@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, yur@...raft.com,
	saeed.bishara@...il.com, shannon.nelson@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.23-rc7 1/3] async_tx: usage documentation and developer
 notes

Dan Williams wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> ---
>
>  Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt |  217 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 217 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..48d685a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
> +		 Asynchronous Transfers/Transforms API
> +
> +1 INTRODUCTION
> +
> +2 GENEALOGY
> +
> +3 USAGE
> +3.1 General format of the API
> +3.2 Supported operations
> +3.2 Descriptor management
> +3.3 When does the operation execute?
> +3.4 When does the operation complete?
> +3.5 Constraints
> +3.6 Example
> +

This is very readable, and appears extensible to any new forthcoming 
technology I'm aware of. Great job!

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@....com>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979

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