Re: [RFC] Update/kill Documentation/sysctl/* docs?

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6145 you asked to update
>  the sysctl docs. I've updated them and added/deleted the neccesary
>  stuff (except the ones that I don't know what on earth are they doing
>  because they're not...documented).

OK..

> However it looks like there's
>  duplication - Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt seems to document all
>  that aswell (but in a single doc, which makes it a bit unreadable 
>  for such big document, IMO)

Yes, the duplication is silly and wasteful and error-inducing.

>  What should be the best step? Kill Documentation/sysctl/ and keep 
>  filesystems/proc.txt updated and maybe split it in several files
>  to make it more readable? Update it but maintain in sync with
>  filesystems/proc.txt? delete proc.txt and keep sysctl/ updated...?

I'd have thought that keeping everything in Documentation/sysctl/*.txt and
killing proc.txt would be the best approach?

But I haven't looked into it much.  You have - what approach are you
recommending?