linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/14] docs: debugging-via-ohci1394.txt: add it to the core-api book

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Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 12:00:16 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Changbin Du <changbin.du@...el.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] docs: debugging-via-ohci1394.txt: add it to the
 core-api book

On Fri,  1 May 2020 17:37:50 +0200
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> wrote:

> There is an special chapter inside the core-api book about
> some debug infrastructure like tracepoints and debug objects.
> 
> It sounded to me that this is the best place to add a chapter
> explaining how to use a FireWire controller to do remote
> kernel debugging, as explained on this document.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>

I've applied this, but core-api really seems like the wrong place for
this.  It would be good to rethink our layout a bit at some point in the
near future...

Thanks,

jon