linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] Intel Restricted Access Region Handler

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Date:	Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:53:07 -0700
From:	"Othman, Ossama" <ossama.othman@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Intel Restricted Access Region Handler

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?

Thanks,
-Ossama
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