From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57860 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756766Ab0JWN0g (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:26:36 -0400 Message-ID: <4CC2E27D.6070101@redhat.com> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:26:21 -0200 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?QmrDuHJuIE1vcms=?= CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: linuxtv.org Wiki (was Re: cx23885 module) References: <4CBE0D47.7080201@kernellabs.com> <4CBF57F3.1000008@kernellabs.com> <4CC18C47.9070305@kernellabs.com> <878w1pkti4.fsf_-_@nemi.mork.no> In-Reply-To: <878w1pkti4.fsf_-_@nemi.mork.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-ID: Sender: Em 23-10-2010 10:01, Bjørn Mork escreveu: > Steven Toth writes: >> On 10/22/10 9:02 AM, Daniel Lee Kim wrote: >> >>> One more question, is there a place I can go to learn how to compile just the >>> cx23885.ko module? I am not able to compile only that module and so I have to >>> wait until it compiles all the modules. I apologize as this is my first time >>> tweaking a driver module. I've searched all over the net but have not found >>> anyone who wrote about this. Thanks, >> >> The wiki at linuxtv.org should contain everything you need for >> compiling, modifying and submitting patches. > > It should, but it does not. > > Following the path from > www.linuxtv.org => V4L-DVB Wiki => Developer Section => How to submit patches > you end up at > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Development:_How_to_submit_patches > which states > > 'For V4L-DVB driver modules and/or documentation, patches should be > created against the master V4L-DVB mercurial tree; for instructions on > obtaining and building these sources, see the "How to Obtain, Build and > Install V4L-DVB Device Drivers" article.' > > > and the "How to Obtain, Build and Install V4L-DVB Device Drivers" > article contains more of the same outdated information, with its > references to to 2.6.16 backwards compatibility and Mercurial. > > For a new developer coming from the outside, this is worse than not > having any information at all. Anyone reading this list will know that > the above quote is plain misleading. But as a new developer you have no > way to know whether other information in the same page, or even the > whole Wiki, is just as misleading. So you cannot trust any of it. > Making the Wiki useless. > > Never write documentation you do not plan to keep updated. Delete > outdated documentation if you don't have time/resources to update it. > Misleading documentation is much, much worse than no documentation. It is a wiki for a community effort. If you found it outdated, please help us on keeping it uptodated. Thanks, Mauro