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 DE935C35672 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:18:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B639A214DB for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:18:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1582345123; bh=K2HDrAKj7hj+2CKvJF8xxV8d26LJI0EnDte3e8IkOao=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=GPKPwiksB9JQg/CPWu8FOdBxuZ3Gbt8FMLBj0JtFbs5E+fHIUcHr1PECtUInF28/e y/qRgcNsvdtXCojucopEgUhN6eVSxiEKWxfikW2WwLPXoMAaI/89obsrwyAuK2Fgym oLLQHn44P+VRu7p6FzOs3UlFQf+7ckn3mNOT8oOY= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727515AbgBVESk (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:18:40 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:57590 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726472AbgBVESk (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:18:40 -0500 Received: from devnote2 (NE2965lan1.rev.em-net.ne.jp [210.141.244.193]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 049CC208C3; Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:18:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1582345119; bh=K2HDrAKj7hj+2CKvJF8xxV8d26LJI0EnDte3e8IkOao=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=LRiRzVbcteB3Volmi03sResRMRYDN3BmjYwifXRV+ywPsz2VCrpiWQYzhrC0TxyJE HWwyt8ag1ZbHA1snRpeiV2DSGzb7cyPoUDyMLBFAOWqa3n487khYqgleadwySGSWCf 5LTvKRf9sy8RH0X0nc/BWvG4Hs4RNC89AwvKePmU= Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 13:18:33 +0900 From: Masami Hiramatsu 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 Subject: Re: [for-next][12/26] Documentation: bootconfig: Add a doc for extended boot config Message-Id: <20200222131833.56a5be2d36033dc5a77a9f0b@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <5ade73b0-a3e8-e71a-3685-6485f37ac8b7@web.de> 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@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