linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of kernel.h

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Message-ID: <87wm38vnp3.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:54:48 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, Randy Dunlap
 <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Dwaipayan Ray
 <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>, Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, Joe
 Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Mathieu
 Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning
 of kernel.h

Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> writes:

> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 04:26:04PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 11/26/25 1:46 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> > For several years, and still ongoing, the kernel.h is being split
>> > to smaller and narrow headers to avoid "including everything" approach
>> > which is bad in many ways. Since that, documentation missed a few
>> > required updates to align with that work. Do it here.
>> > 
>> > Note, language translations are left untouched and if anybody willing
>> > to help, please provide path(es) based on the updated English variant.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
>> > Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
>> 
>> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
>
> Thanks, Randy!
>
> Jonathan, please apply this change. Independently on the opinions about
> kernel.h the documentation has to be updated as it's currently misleading.

I will but not right away...I'm really trying to stabilize things,
already too late, for the merge window.

jon