From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Masami Hiramatsu Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:18:33 +0000 Subject: Re: [for-next][12/26] Documentation: bootconfig: Add a doc for extended boot config Message-Id: <20200222131833.56a5be2d36033dc5a77a9f0b@kernel.org> List-Id: References: <23e371ca-5df8-3ae3-c685-b01c07b55540@web.de> <20200220221340.2b66fd2051a5da74775c474b@kernel.org> <5ed96b7b-7485-1ea0-16e2-d39c14ae266d@web.de> <20200221191637.e9eed4268ff607a98200628c@kernel.org> <5ade73b0-a3e8-e71a-3685-6485f37ac8b7@web.de> In-Reply-To: <5ade73b0-a3e8-e71a-3685-6485f37ac8b7@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1254" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 To: Markus Elfring Cc: Steven Rostedt , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexey Dobriyan , Andrew Morton , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Frank Rowand , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ingo Molnar , Jiri Olsa , Jonathan Corbet , Linus Torvalds , Namhyung Kim , Randy Dunlap , Rob Herring , Thomas Gleixner , Tim Bird , Tom Zanussi T24gRnJpLCAyMSBGZWIgMjAyMCAxNzo0MzozMiArMDEwMApNYXJrdXMgRWxmcmluZyA8TWFya3Vz LkVsZnJpbmdAd2ViLmRlPiB3cm90ZToKCj4gPj4gSXMgdGhlcmUgYSBuZWVkIHRvIHNlcGFyYXRl IHRoZSBudW1iZXIgZnJvbSB0aGUgZm9sbG93aW5nIHVuaXQ/Cj4gPgo+ID4gU29ycnksIEkgY291 bGRuJ3QgdW5kZXJzdGFuZCB3aGF0IHlvdSBwb2ludGVkIGhlcmUuCj4gCj4gQ2FuIHRoZSBzcGVj aWZpY2F0aW9uIOKAnOKApiBzaXplIGlzIDMyIEtpQiDigKbigJ1iZSBtb3JlIGFwcHJvcHJpYXRl Cj4gKGJlc2lkZXMgYSBzbWFsbCB3b3JkaW5nIGFkanVzdG1lbnQpPwoKT0ssIEknbGwgdXBkYXRl IGFzIHNvIDopCgo+ID4gTGlrZSAiZGVzY3JpcHRpb25zIG9mIC4uLiIgPwo+IAo+IEkgZ290IGFu b3RoZXIgaWRlYSBhbHNvIGZvciB0aGUgcHJvdmlkZWQgZG9jdW1lbnRhdGlvbiBmb3JtYXQuCj4g aHR0cHM6Ly9naXQua2VybmVsLm9yZy9wdWIvc2NtL2xpbnV4L2tlcm5lbC9naXQvbmV4dC9saW51 eC1uZXh0LmdpdC90cmVlL0RvY3VtZW50YXRpb24vYWRtaW4tZ3VpZGUvYm9vdGNvbmZpZy5yc3Q/ aWS+ZTQ2YjMwOWExM2NhMTU4Yzk5YzMyNWQwNDA4ZmIyZjBkYjIwN2YjbjE4Cj4gCj4gKiBXaWxs IGEgZmlsZSBmb3JtYXQgZGVzY3JpcHRpb24gYmVjb21lIGhlbHBmdWwgaW4gdGhlIHdheSBvZgo+ ICAgYW4gZXh0ZW5kZWQgQmFja3Vz4oCTTmF1ciBmb3JtPwoKR29vZCBzdWdnZXN0aW9uISBMZXQg bWUgdHJ5IHRvIHdyaXRlIGFuIEVCTkYgc2VjdGlvbi4KSSB0aGluayBFQk5GIGNhbiBsb2dpY2Fs bHkgZXhwbGFpbiB0aGUgZm9ybWF0LCBidXQgbm90IGludHVpdGl2ZQotIHdlIG5lZWQgc29tZSBl eGFtcGxlcy4KCj4gKiBIb3cgd2lsbCBkYXRhIHByb2Nlc3NpbmcgZXZvbHZlIGFyb3VuZCB0aGUg YWRkZWQgc3RydWN0dXJlcz8KCk9LLCBJJ2xsIGFkZCBzb21lIG1vcmUgQVBJIChhbmQgdXNhZ2Up IGRpZmZlcmVuY2VzIGZyb20gdGhlIGxlZ2FjeQpjb21tYW5kIGxpbmUuCgpUaGFuayB5b3UsCgot LSAKTWFzYW1pIEhpcmFtYXRzdSA8bWhpcmFtYXRAa2VybmVsLm9yZz4= From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B14C35669 for ; 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x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:43:32 +0100 Markus Elfring wrote: > >> Is there a need to separate the number from the following unit? > > > > Sorry, I couldn't understand what you pointed here. > > Can the specification “… size is 32 KiB …”be more appropriate > (besides a small wording adjustment)? OK, I'll update as so :) > > Like "descriptions of ..." ? > > I got another idea also for the provided documentation format. > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst?id=bee46b309a13ca158c99c325d0408fb2f0db207f#n18 > > * Will a file format description become helpful in the way of > an extended Backus–Naur form? Good suggestion! Let me try to write an EBNF section. I think EBNF can logically explain the format, but not intuitive - we need some examples. > * How will data processing evolve around the added structures? OK, I'll add some more API (and usage) differences from the legacy command line. Thank you, -- Masami Hiramatsu