linux-kernel - Re: Documentation: rapidio: move sysfs interface to ABI

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jan 2018 14:32:52 +0530
From:   Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@...il.com>
To:     Ozgur <ozgur@...sey.org>
Cc:     Matt Porter <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Documentation: rapidio: move sysfs interface to ABI

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 11:58:12AM +0300, Ozgur wrote:
> 
> 
> 08.01.2018, 11:38, "Aishwarya Pant" <aishpant@...il.com>:
> > Hi
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > In Documentation/rapidio/sysfs.txt, there is a description of the sysfs
> > interface which could be moved to Documentation/ABI (as a bus interface under
> > testing).
> >
> > Would such a change be useful?
> >
> > The ABI documentation format looks like the following:
> >
> > What: (the full sysfs path of the attribute)
> > Date: (date of creation)
> > KernelVersion: (kernel version it first showed up in)
> > Contact: (primary contact)
> > Description: (long description on usage)
> 
> Please you make the change you want after send your patch it diff format, right?
> I think a better decision can be made.

This is the idea. If this change is acceptable, then I can make a patch and send
it for review.

Aishwarya

> 
> > I am doing this in an exercise to move sysfs ABI interfaces (which are
> > documented) to their right place i.e. in Documentation/ABI along with the rest.
> >
> > Aishwarya
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ozgur