linux-kernel - Re: perf tools man pages on the web

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Date:   Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:04:48 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        "linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org" <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: perf tools man pages on the web

On 16/08/22 08:07, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hi Ian and Adrian,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 7:56 AM Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 5:05 AM Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I notice man pages on man7.org e.g.
>>>
>>>         https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/perf.1.html
>>>
>>> do not get updated every release, and I wondered if the perf tools
>>> man pages should also be under:
>>>
>>>         https://docs.kernel.org/tools/index.html
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Sounds good to me. I'm assuming it would be some kind of build step
>> that would take the man pages and add them to what linux-doc needs?
> 
> I guess it's the RST format.  I'm not sure if there's a converter
> from asciidoc to RST.

Could use the html files that are already generated by:

	make -C perf/tools html

>                        Anyway having the perf man pages in the
> tools section looks good.
> 
>>
>> Fwiw, there has been some effort to try to improve the wiki:
>> https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
>> For example, the useful links are now broken apart and have more
>> links, there is a work-in-progress glossary. Perhaps there can be some
>> guidance on what to capture and where.
> 
> Thanks for working on this.  I really need to take a look...
> 
> Thanks,
> Namhyung