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=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 857D3C3F2CD for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2020 23:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E8582173E for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2020 23:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726755AbgCBXXt (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Mar 2020 18:23:49 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:59976 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726728AbgCBXXs (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Mar 2020 18:23:48 -0500 Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4FEB0823; Mon, 2 Mar 2020 23:23:48 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 16:23:47 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Kees Cook Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Masahiro Yamada , Michal Marek , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Better organize the core-api manual Message-ID: <20200302162347.65dc3709@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <202003021456.F173F9DFC7@keescook> References: <20200302223957.905473-1-corbet@lwn.net> <202003021456.F173F9DFC7@keescook> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 14:59:43 -0800 Kees Cook wrote: > Random thought while looking through it: there's > stuff in the driver-api that seems like maybe it should move into the > core (e.g. Documentation/driver-api/basics.rst) but I'm not sure what > the line between "core" and "driver" is. I would think the "driver API" > docs should be driver-specific, in which case much of basics.rst should > be moved into "core". Sigh...driver-api is, of course, an even bigger mess than core-api. I mean to delve into it and create some order there as well, when I get a chance. The original idea was that driver-api would contain stuff you need to know if you're writing drivers but can ignore otherwise. We can always rethink that, of course. Thanks, jon