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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] arm: kconfig: don't select TWD with local timer for Armada 370/XP
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:12:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130122171241.GL23505@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201301212044.41865.arnd@arndb.de>

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 08:44:41PM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Documentation is generally considered a good thing, but few people
> can be bothered to write it, and few of the other people that should
> read it actually do.

Actually _that_ is just one of the problems with documentation.  The
whole thing is full of problems:

1. People don't write documentation.

2. People don't bother to update correct documentation when the code
   changes in a way that the documentation should be updated for.

3. People don't bother to read documentation which is provided.

(2) is about as bad as it gets - because the small percentage of people
who do read the documentation rather than the code now are lead down
paths which are no longer true.

And (2) educates people to behave like (3).  And (3) educates people to
behave like (1) - why should they bother if they're just going to have
to waste time in an email explaining it time and time again (even when
documentation does exist.)

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-22 17:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-21 17:53 [PATCH 0/6] arm: mvebu: add support for local timer for Armada 370/XP Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 17:53 ` [PATCH 1/6] arm: mvebu: Add support for local interrupt Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 18:17   ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-21 22:07     ` Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 23:26       ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-01-22  9:09         ` Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-22 16:55           ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-21 17:53 ` [PATCH 2/6] clocksource: time-armada-370-xp: add local timer support Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 17:59   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-21 18:04     ` Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-23 13:11   ` Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 17:53 ` [PATCH 3/6] arm: kconfig: don't select TWD with local timer for Armada 370/XP Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 18:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-01-21 19:29     ` Matt Sealey
2013-01-21 20:44       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-01-22 17:12         ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2013-01-22 20:46         ` Rob Herring
2013-01-22 21:19           ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-01-21 22:37     ` Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-22 15:57       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-01-22 16:34         ` Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-22 17:42           ` [PATCH] arm: kconfig: always select TWD with local timer for multiplatform Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-22 17:18         ` [PATCH 3/6] arm: kconfig: don't select TWD with local timer for Armada 370/XP Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-22 17:42           ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-01-21 17:54 ` [PATCH 4/6] arm: mvebu: update defconfig with local timer support Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 17:54 ` [PATCH 5/6] arm: mvebu: update DT to support local timers Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 17:54 ` [PATCH 6/6] clocksource: update and move armada-370-xp-timer documentation to timer directory Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 18:22   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-01-21 22:05     ` Gregory CLEMENT
2013-01-21 22:26       ` Arnd Bergmann

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