Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758878AbZFJTLz (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:11:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755078AbZFJTLs (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:11:48 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122]:60302 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754816AbZFJTLs (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:11:48 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:11:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Steven Rostedt X-X-Sender: rostedt@gandalf.stny.rr.com To: Mike Frysinger cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ftrace: document basic ftracer/ftracer graph needs In-Reply-To: <8bd0f97a0906101207s3eb36ccbp7baa631a941b9b0f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <1244623722-6325-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <1244623722-6325-2-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <8bd0f97a0906101131m2fc21f75uc174631150897e5e@mail.gmail.com> <8bd0f97a0906101207s3eb36ccbp7baa631a941b9b0f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1267 Lines: 39 On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote: > 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 I'm fine with that, I was thing something else. > > > 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 And you think documentation in Kconfig will be updated?? -- Steve -- 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/