Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 01:01:29PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > > And that is the key problem. magazine here, conference there, talk
> > > (perhaps only slides available) somewhere else -- a manual that was in
> > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation might make a real difference. Even a
> > > commented link list in Documentation/* might be a good starting point.
> > > 
> > > Patrick Mochel added some bits three years ago, but they were internals
> > > and thus a bit less interesting.
> > 
> > What would be "interesting"?  The sysfs and driver model chapter of the
> > Linux Device Driver book from Oreilly, third edition?  Or something
> > oriented toward users of sysfs, not developers using it?
> 
> Integrating documentation with the kernel.

What kind of documentation?  user oriented documentation like how to
find specific stuff in sysfs?  Or developer oriented documentation, like
we have there now.

> Documentation/* is constantly out of date and incomplete, and
> sometimes has non-intuitive names.

It's not always out of date.  And patches are always gladly accepted.

Also, what non-intuitive names are you referring to?

thanks,

greg k-h
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