linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: convert trace/ftrace-design.txt to rst format

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Date:   Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:30:48 +0800
From:   "Du, Changbin" <changbin.du@...el.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, changbin.du@...el.com,
        mingo@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: convert trace/ftrace-design.txt to
 rst format

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:36:29PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 05:49:52 -0700
> Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:57:05 -0500
> > Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > This document is out of date, and I rather have it updated before we
> > > make it more "available" elsewhere.  
> > 
> > Imagine that, an out-of-date doc in the kernel :)
> > 
> > Seriously, though, I'd argue that (1) it's already highly available, and
> > (2) it's useful now.  And (3) who knows when that update will happen?
> > Unless we have reason to believe that a new version is waiting on the
> > wings, I don't really see why we would want to delay this work.
> 
> Actually, some of these documents I was thinking of labeling as
> "obsolete" or simply removing them. The ftrace-design one is about
> how to port ftrace to other architectures, and I already had to correct
> people that based their work on it.
> 
> Yeah, I really need to get some time to update them, but like everyone
> else, that's just the 90th thing I have to do.
> 
> -- Steve
Reading this doc, I think most of information are still useful for undertading the
implemeation. So how abount just put a caution at the begining of doc as below 
defore get updated?
http://docservice.askxiong.com/linux-kernel/trace/ftrace-design.html

Anyway, I just converted them all. I will send them out. Please comemnt if some
of them should be removed. 

-- 
Thanks,
Changbin Du