linux-kernel - Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers

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Message-ID: <46F806AB.1050509@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:49:15 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:23:35AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> That might be OK for this case, but sometimes it makes sense to have
>> README etc. about how to use the software.  So you would want this
>> in the Documentation/ tree?  That makes it harder on users.
> 
> If it's so complex that we can't describe it in a few dozens lines
> it shouldn't be anywhere but the place it belongs and better have a
> real use and not just be a sample.  And in the trace case I must
> admit that I'd prefer a real use like some simple syscall-trace
> over this hack anyway..

I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and
that the trace example is a good example.  I think that most people
who need something like that would need to customize it for their
specific needs anyway.

We don't seem to be making progress...


-- 
~Randy
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