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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0906101511070.30552@gandalf.stny.rr.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:11:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> To: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com> cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ftrace: document basic ftracer/ftracer graph needs On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 14:45, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> there should be at least tips in each HAVE_XXX as to where to look for > >> implementation details. > > > > That can be opening a can of worms. > > no it isnt: > config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER > bool > help > Please see Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt I'm fine with that, I was thing something else. > > > Really, the focus of the documentation in Kconfig is about why things must > > be selected, not how to implement the code to add that selection. > > except that some of these defines come from the exact implementation details. > > > If there's a HAVE_XXX in Kconfig that I want to see how to implement it, I > > go off and do 'grep -r XXX Documentation'. > > i look for the source of the define because ive given up on the > Documentation actually being relevant And you think documentation in Kconfig will be updated?? -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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