Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-25 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > >* Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >>On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:30 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > >> > >>>* Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: >

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-25 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:31:08PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > looking at Documentation/lguest/ > > Oh wait, nothing to see here. Move along please. lguest is an even bigger nightmare. It's userspace code, but we can't move it because it pokes into non-exported headers. - To unsubscribe

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-25 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:31:08PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: looking at Documentation/lguest/ Oh wait, nothing to see here. Move along please. lguest is an even bigger nightmare. It's userspace code, but we can't move it because it pokes into non-exported headers. - To unsubscribe from

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-25 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:30 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: Christoph Hellwig

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:30 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:30 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > > * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > > > > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 06:50:44PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux > > Kernel Markers. > > As mentioned in the tracing infrastructure thread I don't think >

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:30 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > >> I think that

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > >> I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and > > >> that the trace example

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >> I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and > >> that the trace example is a good example. I think that most people > >> who

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:25:04 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:18:11PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > > putting code into Documentation is a good idea. Either of you really > > > should start a sample/ toplevel directory for this kind of stuff > > > including a

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:18:11PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > putting code into Documentation is a good idea. Either of you really > > should start a sample/ toplevel directory for this kind of stuff > > including a Kconfig menu etc to be able to build these samples as > > part of an

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Christoph Hellwig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux > > Kernel Markers. > > As mentioned in the tracing infrastructure thread I don't think > putting code into

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and that the trace example is a good example. I think that most people who need something like that would need to customize it for their specific

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and > that the trace example is a good example. I think that most people > who need something like that would need to customize it for their > specific needs anyway. > > We

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:23:35AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: That might be OK for this case, but sometimes it makes sense to have README etc. about how to use the software. So you would want this in the Documentation/ tree? That makes it harder on users. If it's so

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:23:35AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > That might be OK for this case, but sometimes it makes sense to have > README etc. about how to use the software. So you would want this > in the Documentation/ tree? That makes it harder on users. If it's so complex that we can't

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:13:18AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: Documentation/trace/src/Makefile |7 + Documentation/trace/src/README | 18 + Documentation/trace/src/fork_trace.c | 119 +++ Documentation/trace/trace.txt| 164 ++

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:13:18AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Documentation/trace/src/Makefile |7 + > Documentation/trace/src/README | 18 + > Documentation/trace/src/fork_trace.c | 119 +++ > Documentation/trace/trace.txt| 164 ++ > include/linux/trace.h

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:00:41 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:56:32AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > I don't have a problem with a samples/ directory except (as I have > > already pointed out) it means that people will end up having to look > > in 2 places for the

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:56:32AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > I don't have a problem with a samples/ directory except (as I have > already pointed out) it means that people will end up having to look > in 2 places for the information that they need, i.e., both in > samples/ and in

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:50:44 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux > > Kernel Markers. > > As mentioned in the tracing infrastructure thread I don't think >

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux > Kernel Markers. As mentioned in the tracing infrastructure thread I don't think putting code into Documentation is a good idea. Either of you really should

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux Kernel Markers. As mentioned in the tracing infrastructure thread I don't think putting code into Documentation is a good idea. Either of you really should

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:50:44 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux Kernel Markers. As mentioned in the tracing infrastructure thread I don't think putting code

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:56:32AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: I don't have a problem with a samples/ directory except (as I have already pointed out) it means that people will end up having to look in 2 places for the information that they need, i.e., both in samples/ and in Documentation/.

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:00:41 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:56:32AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: I don't have a problem with a samples/ directory except (as I have already pointed out) it means that people will end up having to look in 2 places for the information

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:13:18AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: Documentation/trace/src/Makefile |7 + Documentation/trace/src/README | 18 + Documentation/trace/src/fork_trace.c | 119 +++ Documentation/trace/trace.txt| 164 ++ include/linux/trace.h

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:13:18AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: Documentation/trace/src/Makefile |7 + Documentation/trace/src/README | 18 + Documentation/trace/src/fork_trace.c | 119 +++ Documentation/trace/trace.txt| 164 ++

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:23:35AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: That might be OK for this case, but sometimes it makes sense to have README etc. about how to use the software. So you would want this in the Documentation/ tree? That makes it harder on users. If it's so complex that we can't

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:23:35AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: That might be OK for this case, but sometimes it makes sense to have README etc. about how to use the software. So you would want this in the Documentation/ tree? That makes it harder on users. If it's so

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and that the trace example is a good example. I think that most people who need something like that would need to customize it for their specific needs anyway. We don't

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and that the trace example is a good example. I think that most people who need something like that would need to customize it for their specific

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Christoph Hellwig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux Kernel Markers. As mentioned in the tracing infrastructure thread I don't think putting code into

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:18:11PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: putting code into Documentation is a good idea. Either of you really should start a sample/ toplevel directory for this kind of stuff including a Kconfig menu etc to be able to build these samples as part of an

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:25:04 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:18:11PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: putting code into Documentation is a good idea. Either of you really should start a sample/ toplevel directory for this kind of stuff including a Kconfig menu

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and that the trace example is a good example. I think that most people who need

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: I think that samples are perfectly fine for documentation and that the trace example is a good

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:30 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: I think that samples are perfectly

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 06:50:44PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux Kernel Markers. As mentioned in the tracing infrastructure thread I don't think putting

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:30 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Randy

Re: [patch 6/7] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation

2007-09-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:30 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:56:35 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:49:15AM