Re: [PATCH] docbook: split kernel-api, add device-drivers book

[Randy Dunlap]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 04:26:44PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The kernel-api docbook was much larger than any of the others,
>> so processing it took longer and needed some docbook extras in
>> some cases, so split it into kernel-api (infrastructure etc.)
>> and device drivers/device subsystems.  This allows these docbooks
>> to be generated in parallel.  (This reduced the docbook processing
>> time on my 4-proc system with make -j4 from about 5min:16sec to
>> about 2min:01sec.)
>>
>> The chapters that were moved from kernel-api to device-drivers are:
>>
>> Driver Basics
>> Device drivers infrastructure
>> Parallel Port Devices
>> Message-based devices
>> Sound Devices
>> 16x50 UART Driver
>> Frame Buffer Library
>> Input Subsystem
>> Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
>> I2C and SMBus Subsystem
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I like the split, and I assume you will carry the patch in a Documentation tree?
> 
> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

If I need to :)

or Andrew can merge it.

-- 
~Randy
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