Re: [PATCH 00/10] Start documenting the radeon drm better

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:28:20AM -0400, alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
> 
> This is something I've been wanting to do for a while and
> I finally spent a little time getting a start on it.  There
> is still a lot to do and not all of my descriptions are great,
> but I think we can document the rest in bits and pieces. I
> also added a note about what asics the function is applicable
> to. I tried to start with the more common and complex code.
> I was thinking it would make sense to have an informal
> documentation policy something like the following:
> 1. If you edit an undocumented function, add documentation
> 2. If you edit a documented function and change how it works,
>    update the documentation
> 3. All new functions added should be documented
> 
> Fulfulling all of these for stable fixes could pose problems
> so obviously there is some leeway.
> 
> Thoughts?
>
I think this is a good policy.  You might also want to specify the
documentation style to use.  It looks like you are using some form of
Doxygen comments.  I would also be in favor of a similar policy for
userspace code.

-Tom
 
> Alex Deucher (10):
>   drm/radeon: document radeon_device.c
>   drm/radeon: document radeon_kms.c
>   drm/radeon: document radeon_irq_kms.c
>   drm/radeon: document radeon_asic.c
>   drm/radeon: document radeon_fence.c
>   drm/radeon: document radeon_ring.c
>   drm/radeon: document non-VM functions in radeon_gart.c
>   drm/radeon: document VM functions in radeon_gart.c
>   drm/radeon: start to document the functions r100.c
>   drm/radeon: start to document evergreen.c
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c      |  120 ++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c           |  127 ++++++++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c    |   46 ++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c  |  344 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c   |  373 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c    |  391 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_irq_kms.c |  150 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kms.c     |  126 ++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c    |  374 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  9 files changed, 2041 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
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