From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darren Hart Subject: Re: [RFC] Any value in having a netdev FAQ? Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:35:16 -0700 Message-ID: <1374006916.12825.116.camel@envy.home> References: <20130716025954.GC26761@windriver.com> <20130716.130514.559781233978406598.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:60457 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752741Ab3GPUfR (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:35:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130716.130514.559781233978406598.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 13:05 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Paul Gortmaker > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:59:54 -0400 > > > I was wondering if you think there is value in having a netdev-faq type > > document available -- perhaps as a vger mailout to new subscribers or > > similar? For example, I have lost count of the number of times that you > > have had to tell people that net-next is closed during the merge window. > > But you would probably be right in telling me that those same people don't > > read documentation. Well, that aside, I suppose answering my question > > is easier when there is a proposed starting point for content. > > > > To that end, I've tried to collect a starting point based on repeated > > questions/corrections that I've seen over the years. I've added Greg to > > the Cc: in order to ensure I've captured the netdev-stable interaction > > correctly, and I've thrown Darren under the bus as a random content > > reviewer, since he has expressed an interest in documentation recently. > > > > Below is a possible starting point for content. Many answers I have > > written are from memory, long after losing links to netdev threads that > > served as evidence for the answers, so apologies in advance if I have > > failed to recall correctly the specific details in which you would like > > to see things done. > > Thanks a lot for writing this, it is useful. > > I think it's easier if this lives somewhere under > Documentation/networking in the kernel tree, then we can just point > people at it. > > What do you think? Maybe netdev_kernel_rules.txt, in keeping with the well-known stable_kernel_rules.txt? -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Linux Kernel