Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752943AbaATJNT (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jan 2014 04:13:19 -0500 Received: from va3ehsobe005.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.31]:41420 "EHLO va3outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750942AbaATJNQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jan 2014 04:13:16 -0500 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:70.37.183.190;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:mail.freescale.net;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -5 X-BigFish: VS-5(z579ehzbb2dI98dI9371I146fI1432Izz1f42h2148h208ch1ee6h1de0h1fdah2073h2146h1202h1e76h2189h1d1ah1d2ah21bch1fc6hzz1de098h8275bh1de097hz2dh2a8h839h947hd25he5bhf0ah1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh137ah13b6h1441h1504h1537h153bh162dh1631h1758h1765h18e1h190ch1946h19b4h19c3h1ad9h1b0ah1b2fh2222h224fh1fb3h1d0ch1d2eh1d3fh1dfeh1dffh1f5fh1fe8h1ff5h209eh22d0h2336h2438h2461h2487h24ach1155h) Message-ID: <52DCE88C.1070504@freescale.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:12:44 +0800 From: Hongbo Zhang User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vinod Koul , Rob Landley CC: , , "David S. Miller" , Richard Henderson , Jakub Jelinek , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Arthur Kepner , , Pierre Ossman , Andy Shevchenko Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 1/2] Documentation: move all DMA documentations into Documentaion/dma References: <1389869405-10363-1-git-send-email-hongbo.zhang@freescale.com> <20140116155921.GJ25466@intel.com> <52DAC0F1.9080202@landley.net> <20140120042909.GA26823@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20140120042909.GA26823@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginatorOrg: freescale.com X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%0$Dn%*$RO%0$TLS%0$FQDN%$TlsDn% Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 01/20/2014 12:29 PM, Vinod Koul wrote: > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 11:59:13AM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: >> On 01/16/14 09:59, Vinod Koul wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:50:04PM +0800, hongbo.zhang@freescale.com wrote: >>>> From: Hongbo Zhang >>>> >>>> Since there are already seven DMA documentations under the top Documentation/, >>>> it is better to create one dedicated directory for them. >>> Well the problem is that not everything is same. Some of these mean how to use >>> dma mapping API, couple are related to dmaengine, so clubing everything into >>> "dma" doesnt sound right to me! >> Putting everything in the world in the top level directory isn't all >> flowers and kittens either. >> >> Where would be a _better_ place to move one of those files to? > As pointed mostly things dma* are dma-mapping and dmaengine, so would apt > that we move to two folders, unless i overlooked and assumed everything else is > dma-mapping! Understand your concern, dma-mapping and dmaengine are different, but they are all about dma, a general dma folder can include all dma related files. An example is Documentation/power, so many kinds of power related files go there. Anyway, this is my point, it is up to you maintainers. > -- > ~Vinod > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/