linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 0/7] Improve Auxiliary Bus documentation

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Date:   Fri, 3 Dec 2021 16:42:23 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     ira.weiny@...el.com
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 0/7] Improve Auxiliary Bus documentation

On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 08:42:58PM -0800, ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> 
> The auxiliary bus documentation was not wrong but it was a bit difficult to
> follow.  Furthermore the documentation was not tied to the code so it was
> potentially harder to maintain.
> 
> Add clarifications to ensure that details are not missed.  Move the overview
> documentation into the code.  Finally, add some of the existing function
> kernel docs into the main Aux Bus section.
> 
> 
> Ira Weiny (7):
> Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify auxiliary_device creation
> Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify match_name
> Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Update Auxiliary device lifespan
> Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify __auxiliary_driver_register
> Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Add example code for
> module_auxiliary_driver()
> Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify the release of devices from find
> device
> Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Move the text into the code
> 
> Documentation/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.rst | 236 +++------------------
> drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 152 ++++++++++++-
> include/linux/auxiliary_bus.h | 164 ++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 339 insertions(+), 213 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.31.1
> 

Thanks for all of this work, now applied to my driver-core tree.

greg k-h