linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend 1/2] Documentation: move all DMA documentations into Documentaion/dma

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:12:44 +0800
From:	Hongbo Zhang <hongbo.zhang@...escale.com>
To:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
CC:	<linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...hat.com>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...nus.com>,
	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Arthur Kepner <akepner@....com>, <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
	Pierre Ossman <drzeus@...eus.cx>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.jf.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 1/2] Documentation: move all DMA documentations
 into Documentaion/dma


On 01/20/2014 12:29 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 11:59:13AM -0600, Rob Landley wrote:
>> On 01/16/14 09:59, Vinod Koul wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:50:04PM +0800, hongbo.zhang@...escale.com wrote:
>>>> From: Hongbo Zhang <hongbo.zhang@...escale.com>
>>>>
>>>> Since there are already seven DMA documentations under the top Documentation/,
>>>> it is better to create one dedicated directory for them.
>>> Well the problem is that not everything is same. Some of these mean how to use
>>> dma mapping API, couple are related to dmaengine, so clubing everything into
>>> "dma" doesnt sound right to me!
>> Putting everything in the world in the top level directory isn't all
>> flowers and kittens either.
>>
>> Where would be a _better_ place to move one of those files to?
> As pointed mostly things dma* are dma-mapping and dmaengine, so would apt
> that we move to two folders, unless i overlooked and assumed everything else is
> dma-mapping!

Understand your concern, dma-mapping and dmaengine are different, but 
they are all about dma, a general dma folder can include all dma related 
files. An example is Documentation/power, so many kinds of power related 
files go there.
Anyway, this is my point, it is up to you maintainers.

> --
> ~Vinod
>
>



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