Re: Kernel Documentation

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-07-17T20:46:48Z

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Charles Samuels wrote:

>
> I apologize for using the D-word, however, I've created some, so I think that
> makes it acceptable.
>
> But first, I was having a little fun kernel-hacking the other day, and I had
> noticed that every time I want information on function-X, I have to start
> grepping like hell, and it's even worse when I don't know the name of the
> function. What we needed was an API (KPI?) reference.
>
> So I made one.
>
> <blink><marquee> http://derkarl.org/kerneldoc/ </marquee></blink>
> (It seems that 10% of europe can't get that domain: 207.44.242.45)
>
> Obviously, it's not complete, in fact, if it were any less complete, I could
> call it the linux kernel :)
>
> The _real_ reason I post this message is, of course, for help. I'll be more
> than happy to accept new xml documentation files (the bottom of each page
> contains a link to the associated XML file, as an example).
>
> PS. I'm not on this mailing list (I'm on plenty, don't worry), so I'll be
> following it on the archives.
>
> -Charles

This is probably a silly question, but why doesn't your site just use DocBook?

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