On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Jesse Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a shameless attempt to capitalize on the recent enthusiasm for documenting > things, I've put together a skeletal DRM developer guide. > > The intent of the guide is to provide information to developers about the > complex new memory management and mode setting subsystems that are being > added to the DRM. My hope is that the guide will provide people with enough > info to either add support for these features to existing drivers, or to > write new drivers from scratch. > > It's obviously incomplete, but I wanted to get some feedback about how things > are structured and on logistical questions like what formats we should use. > > The attached PDF was generated from the attached DocBook template, and > references Linux kernel doc comments in the sources. Unfortunately, the > current DRM has a mix of Linux kernel doc and doxygen documentation, and only > some of the very recent stuff is actually accurate and usable. > > Anyone have suggestions on any of the above? My focus now is to get the mode > setting and memory management sections fleshed out, followed by some of the > simpler stuff, and I'm definitely interested in getting feedback on what's > there now. > > Any thoughts?
I can't comment on the technical aspects, but it is definitely an important initiative. The current trend everywhere is that programmers write code and not documentation. Unfortunately this leads to a steeper learning curve as the code increases in complexity, which is bad for the newcomers. Personally I've read the pdf with much interest, and it did clarify some doubts I had. I'm looking forward for the next versions ;) Thanks! Renato Caldas > Thanks, > Jesse ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
