Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760529AbZFJTHi (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:07:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755056AbZFJTHa (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:07:30 -0400 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.30]:35226 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751331AbZFJTH3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:07:29 -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=wAYykUjPaVlEJDh7gNUpykXyeBwlTVcaHNWUTEUFfP07uFzIdJBafd5tv4NE6QJjaa xpOge8NgZaSYzwOqgU53f/LUEuuFDGYrDrHV9jhz95p5uyKregZyqFb7OBXCTxbz0YKK A495uT/ltOT69vRMVCWajNCb/HUun8KBL/018= 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> <8bd0f97a0906101131m2fc21f75uc174631150897e5e@mail.gmail.com> From: Mike Frysinger Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:07:11 -0400 Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0906101207s3eb36ccbp7baa631a941b9b0f@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: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1063 Lines: 29 On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 14:45, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> there should be at least tips in each HAVE_XXX as to where to look for >> implementation details. > > That can be opening a can of worms. no it isnt: config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER bool help Please see Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt > Really, the focus of the documentation in Kconfig is about why things must > be selected, not how to implement the code to add that selection. except that some of these defines come from the exact implementation details. > If there's a HAVE_XXX in Kconfig that I want to see how to implement it, I > go off and do 'grep -r XXX Documentation'. i look for the source of the define because ive given up on the Documentation actually being relevant -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/