Re: [RFC PATCH] ALSA: Add debugging guide for audio issues

[anish kumar <yesanishhere@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 8:53 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 11/7/24 2:25 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >> I see a few possibilities, none perfect:
> >>
> >> a. in Documentation/driver-api/debug/  [not quite driver-api though]
> >
> > No, it's not API stuff, and not limited to drivers.
> >
> >> b. in Documentation/core-api/ along with debugging-via-ohci1394.rst
> >> [maybe in a new /debug/ subdir]
> >
> > Again, not really API stuff.
> >
> >> c. in (new) Documentation/debug/ and invite the kernel debugging
> >> community to add some of their docs here as well.
> >
> > If we really want to separate the mechanics of kernel development from
> > the associated process information - not always an easy separation, IMO
> > - we could make a top-level "development" directory, put a lot of the
> > other relevant stuff there, and include the debugging stuff.  It seems
> > really weird to put debugging by itself, though; it's only part of the
> > picture.
>
> I could go with that.
>
> >
> > Why is Documentation/process so bad?
>
> Documentation/process/ is meta-documentation about kernel social "standards"
> among other things. It is "soft" documentation, whereas debugging (IMHO) is
> "hard" documentation.
>
> But hey, it's all your baby. Do whatever pleases you. :)

Jonathan, wondering if you want to me to go ahead with your suggestion
of merging on top of Sebastian patch?
>
> --
> ~Randy
>