* [PATCH v2] Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
@ 2021-08-19 3:14 Chun-Hung Tseng
2021-08-19 3:29 ` Henry Tseng
2021-08-20 17:17 ` Jonathan Corbet
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Chun-Hung Tseng @ 2021-08-19 3:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: corbet; +Cc: jmseyas, linux-doc, linux-kernel, henrybear327
Recently, the content and examples of the book "The Linux Kernel Module
Programming Guide" are being actively maintained and added on Github[1].
Currently, the book is being regularly built into webpage and pdf
file using Github static page[2].
[1]: https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg
[2]: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
Signed-off-by: Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
index 22d9ace5df2a..631a3dc04e3e 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
@@ -126,15 +126,17 @@ On-line docs
describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
Card Services.
- * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
+ * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
- :Author: Ori Pomerantz.
- :URL: https://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html
- :Date: 2001
+ :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram,
+ Jim Huang.
+ :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
+ :Date: 2021
:Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
interrupt handlers .
- :Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
- programming. Lots of examples.
+ :Description: A very nice 93 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
+ programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
+ actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
* Title: **Global spinlock list and usage**
--
2.25.1
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
2021-08-19 3:14 [PATCH v2] Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide Chun-Hung Tseng
@ 2021-08-19 3:29 ` Henry Tseng
2021-08-20 17:17 ` Jonathan Corbet
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Henry Tseng @ 2021-08-19 3:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Corbet; +Cc: jmseyas, linux-doc, linux-kernel
As a side note, I tried to put Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche
<jmseyas@dit.upm.es> in cc, as indicated on the kernel-docs file. But
the email account is not reachable.
On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 5:16 AM Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Recently, the content and examples of the book "The Linux Kernel Module
> Programming Guide" are being actively maintained and added on Github[1].
> Currently, the book is being regularly built into webpage and pdf
> file using Github static page[2].
>
> [1]: https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg
> [2]: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
>
> Signed-off-by: Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 14 ++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> index 22d9ace5df2a..631a3dc04e3e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> @@ -126,15 +126,17 @@ On-line docs
> describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
> Card Services.
>
> - * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
> + * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
>
> - :Author: Ori Pomerantz.
> - :URL: https://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html
> - :Date: 2001
> + :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram,
> + Jim Huang.
> + :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
> + :Date: 2021
> :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
> interrupt handlers .
> - :Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
> - programming. Lots of examples.
> + :Description: A very nice 93 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
> + programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
> + actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
>
> * Title: **Global spinlock list and usage**
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
--
Best wishes,
Henry
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* Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
2021-08-19 3:14 [PATCH v2] Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide Chun-Hung Tseng
2021-08-19 3:29 ` Henry Tseng
@ 2021-08-20 17:17 ` Jonathan Corbet
2021-08-20 22:24 ` Henry Tseng
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2021-08-20 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chun-Hung Tseng; +Cc: jmseyas, linux-doc, linux-kernel, henrybear327
Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@gmail.com> writes:
> Recently, the content and examples of the book "The Linux Kernel Module
> Programming Guide" are being actively maintained and added on Github[1].
> Currently, the book is being regularly built into webpage and pdf
> file using Github static page[2].
>
> [1]: https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg
> [2]: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
>
> Signed-off-by: Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 14 ++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> index 22d9ace5df2a..631a3dc04e3e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> @@ -126,15 +126,17 @@ On-line docs
> describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
> Card Services.
>
> - * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
> + * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
>
> - :Author: Ori Pomerantz.
> - :URL: https://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html
> - :Date: 2001
> + :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram,
> + Jim Huang.
> + :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
> + :Date: 2021
> :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
> interrupt handlers .
> - :Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
> - programming. Lots of examples.
> + :Description: A very nice 93 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
> + programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
> + actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
If this book is now being consistently maintained, then the number of
pages is sure to change in short order; it seems like kind of a strange
thing to track here...?
Thanks,
jon
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* Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
2021-08-20 17:17 ` Jonathan Corbet
@ 2021-08-20 22:24 ` Henry Tseng
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Henry Tseng @ 2021-08-20 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Corbet; +Cc: jmseyas, linux-doc, linux-kernel
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 7:17 PM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
>
> Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Recently, the content and examples of the book "The Linux Kernel Module
> > Programming Guide" are being actively maintained and added on Github[1].
> > Currently, the book is being regularly built into webpage and pdf
> > file using Github static page[2].
> >
> > [1]: https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg
> > [2]: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 14 ++++++++------
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> > index 22d9ace5df2a..631a3dc04e3e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> > @@ -126,15 +126,17 @@ On-line docs
> > describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
> > Card Services.
> >
> > - * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
> > + * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
> >
> > - :Author: Ori Pomerantz.
> > - :URL: https://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html
> > - :Date: 2001
> > + :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram,
> > + Jim Huang.
> > + :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
> > + :Date: 2021
> > :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
> > interrupt handlers .
> > - :Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
> > - programming. Lots of examples.
> > + :Description: A very nice 93 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
> > + programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
> > + actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
>
> If this book is now being consistently maintained, then the number of
> pages is sure to change in short order; it seems like kind of a strange
> thing to track here...?
>
> Thanks,
>
> jon
Sorry about it.
v3 has been pushed, dropping the term "93 pages".
Thank you for the feedback!
Henry
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