Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757411AbZFJSjq (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:39:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757243AbZFJSjf (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:39:35 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f214.google.com ([209.85.217.214]:38843 "EHLO mail-gx0-f214.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753886AbZFJSjc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:39:32 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QpY7sV0P/3wfjtbxiLHTXCi/tzsDBIgOzd5EYavUN65H3APE2gK0hbk+wv2vL873dl NrfxOJXwQpKSVHoxUSXxf0ZqPmc6f1/zTHt8zhT+DhtacXCvS/zpSb6UQV4EceSy+KEY 2/qXdz0wd8VTm/S42pNbzYkn2vyeC+JwYymME= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1244623722-6325-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <1244623722-6325-2-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> From: Mike Frysinger Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:31:28 -0400 Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0906101131m2fc21f75uc174631150897e5e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ftrace: document basic ftracer/ftracer graph needs To: Steven Rostedt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 961 Lines: 22 On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 13:04, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> While implementing ftracer and ftracer graph support, I found the exact >> arch implementation details to be a bit lacking (and my x86 foo ain't >> great).  So after pounding out support for the Blackfin arch, document >> the requirements. > > This does not belong in the Kconfig. That's the last place a developer > will look for implementing something. yes and no -- i was following the existing documenting practice of ftrace where details were added to the Kconfig. guess i should fix that in the process. there should be at least tips in each HAVE_XXX as to where to look for implementation details. -mike -- 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/