Re: [PATCH v2 00/24] Include linux ACPI docs into Sphinx TOC tree

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On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 11:26 PM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 18:42:59 +0200
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Hardware guide
> >
> > This is more about documenting the expectations regarding the platform
> > firmware, so what about firmware-guide instead?
>
> I had imagined a slightly wider focus, but this seems OK for now.  We can
> always rename it later :)
>
> > So what about this:
> >
> > - Create a new firmware-guide under Documentation and add an acpi/
> > directory to it for starters.  Put the following files into it:
> >
> >          acpi-lid
> >          aml-debugger
> >          debug (ditto)
> >          DSD-properties-rules
> >          gpio-properties
> >          i2c-muxes
> >
> > - Add an acpi/ subdirectory to Documentation/admin-guide and put the
> > following files into it:
> >
> >          cppc_sysfs
> >          initrd_table_override
> >          dsdt-override
>
> I do wonder if, rather than creating a new directory, we shouldn't just
> make a single acpi.rst and put that information into it?
>
> > - Add an acpi/ subdirectory to Documentation/driver-api and put the
> > following files into it:
> >
> >          enumeration
> >          scan_handlers
>
> ...and something similar here?  I guess that would be my preference, but I
> don't feel all that strongly about it if there's reasons to do otherwise.

The primary reason would be to retain the correspondence between the
old and the new files.

I guess they could be combined, but that would be two sort of
different changes in one go.

> In general the plan seems good.

OK, thanks!

Cheers,
Rafael



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