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

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Date:   Mon, 08 Jan 2018 12:20:59 +0300
From:   Ozgur <ozgur@...sey.org>
To:     Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@...il.com>
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



08.01.2018, 12:03, "Aishwarya Pant" <aishpant@...il.com>:
> 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.

Hm,

I think firstly you should send the patch then everybody checked and change is decided.


Regards

Ozgur

> 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