linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] Documentation: Create a new folder for all timer internals

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:26:39 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] Documentation: Create a new folder for all timer
 internals

Hi,

On 1/23/24 08:47, Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote:
> The structure of documentation changed. There is 'core-api' where also
> timer related documentation belongs to. But the timer related documentation
> (doesn't matter whether it is up to date or outdated) is still located in a
> separate folder with no relation to core-api.
> 
> Create a new folder which is located below core-api and make it the new
> place for all timer related documentation. Instead of revisiting all files
> below the already existing timer folder right now, add a warning banner to
> the top of all those files. When it is ensured the content is up to date,
> they can be moved to the final destination.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/core-api/index.rst        |  1 +
>  Documentation/core-api/timers/index.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/timers/highres.rst        |  5 +++++
>  Documentation/timers/hpet.rst           |  5 +++++
>  Documentation/timers/hrtimers.rst       |  5 +++++
>  Documentation/timers/index.rst          |  5 +++++
>  Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst          |  4 ++++
>  Documentation/timers/timekeeping.rst    |  5 +++++
>  Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst   |  5 +++++

When can we remove the old, "might be outdated" files?
Do you think that some of their contents might be valuable to someone?

I prefer not to have the old documentation and the new.

>  9 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/core-api/timers/index.rst
> 

Thanks.

-- 
#Randy