linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Add relevant kernel publications to list of books; LKP 2E

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Message-ID: <8734s2twjq.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 07:17:45 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan.billimoria@...il.com>, Carlos Bilbao
 <carlos.bilbao@....com>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kaiwan N
 Billimoria <kaiwan.billimoria@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Add relevant kernel publications to list of
 books; LKP 2E

Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan.billimoria@...il.com> writes:

> Hi Carlos, Jon,
> As the 2nd edition of my 'Linux Kernel Programming' book is recently
> published (29 Feb 2024), this patch is to request it's addition to the
> book list.
> I've currently kept the 1st edition as well (in reverse chronological
> order); if this isn't required, pl let me know..
>
> Regards,
> Kaiwan

Happy to add the book but ... surely the author of said book wants to
set a good example by sending a properly written patch?

- A changelog in the kernel style saying simply what is to be done and
  why

- Stick to the 80-character limit (we still really try to do that for
  text)

Thanks,

jon

> Signed-off-by: Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan.billimoria@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> index 8660493b91d0..f73671b65a71 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> @@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ On-line docs
>  Published books
>  ---------------
>  
> +    * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming: A Comprehensive and practical guide to Kernel Internals, Writing Modules, and Kernel Synchronization**
> +
> +      :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria
> +      :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
> +      :Date: February, 2024
> +      :Pages: 826
> +      :ISBN: 978-1803232225
> +      :Notes: 2nd Edition
> +
>      * Title: **Linux Kernel Debugging: Leverage proven tools and advanced techniques to effectively debug Linux kernels and kernel modules**
>  
>        :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria
> @@ -91,6 +100,7 @@ Published books
>        :Date: March, 2021
>        :Pages: 754
>        :ISBN: 978-1789953435
> +      :Notes: 1st Edition
>  
>      * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming Part 2 - Char Device Drivers and Kernel Synchronization: Create user-kernel interfaces, work with peripheral I/O, and handle hardware interrupts**
>  
> -- 
> 2.40.1