From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
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Subject: Re: [for-next][12/26] Documentation: bootconfig: Add a doc for extended boot config
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 13:18:33 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200222131833.56a5be2d36033dc5a77a9f0b@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5ade73b0-a3e8-e71a-3685-6485f37ac8b7@web.de>
On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:43:32 +0100
Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> 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 <mhiramat@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-22 4:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-20 9:10 [for-next][PATCH 12/26] Documentation: bootconfig: Add a doc for extended boot config Markus Elfring
2020-02-20 13:13 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-20 15:00 ` Markus Elfring
2020-02-21 10:16 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-21 16:43 ` [for-next][12/26] " Markus Elfring
2020-02-22 4:18 ` Masami Hiramatsu [this message]
2020-02-22 9:48 ` Markus Elfring
2020-02-22 15:56 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-22 16:15 ` Markus Elfring
2020-02-24 3:13 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-24 10:00 ` Markus Elfring
2020-02-25 6:49 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-25 7:56 ` Markus Elfring
2020-02-25 10:29 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-02-25 11:10 ` Markus Elfring
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