Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools

[Daniel Vetter]

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 11:19:50AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Tue, 09 Aug 2016, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > The ugly format is a major regression over a proper simple text
>> > file.  What's the point?
>>
>> Major regression? Please be reasonable.
>>
>> I think the changes are rather small, and it's a fair compromise between
>> a simple text file and one that can be used to generate pretty
>> documentation [1].
>
> It's a lot less pretty to read - it look like a cat threw up to be
> specific.  The point of the Document is to read it quickly in the kernel
> tree.  If you want fancy websites write a separate document.
>
>> [1] http://static.lwn.net/kerneldoc/dev-tools/sparse.html
>
> And I wouldn't exactly call that pretty.  There is no value add
> over a simple text file here, and it requires a browser to not look
> ugly instead of a text editor, which is a giant usablity regression.

The point is to make the docs more discoverable by being able to
cross-link them. Old hats like us don't need that, but it definitely
has value in bringing new folks on board. And yes I want that, at
least for everything that's at least half-relevant to drm/gpu/i915
topics. And given that we just started on a large-scale effort to roll
out rcu in our driver (besides all the other bits we're using) that's
pretty much everything.
-Daniel
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