linux-kernel - Re: [for-next][12/26] Documentation: bootconfig: Add a doc for extended boot config

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Message-ID: <8cc7e621-c5e3-28fa-c789-0bb7c55d77d6@web.de>
Date:   Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:15:57 +0100
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tim Bird <Tim.Bird@...y.com>,
        Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [for-next][12/26] Documentation: bootconfig: Add a doc for
 extended boot config

>> Is there a need to provide two format descriptions as separate files
>> (so that they can help more for different software users)?
>>
>> * RST
>> * EBNF
>
> Hmm, since RST is enough flexible, we can write it as a section.

I guess that there are further design options to consider.


> Then user can copy & paste if they need it.

I imagine that it can be more convenient to refer to an EBNF file directly
if an other software developer would like to generate customised parsers
based on available information.

Regards,
Markus