Re: [PATCH resend 1/2] Documentation: move all DMA documentationsinto Documentaion/dma

[Hongbo Zhang]

On 01/20/2014 12:29 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 11:59:13AM -0600, Rob Landley wrote:
> > On 01/16/14 09:59, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:50:04PM +0800, hongbo.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > From: Hongbo Zhang <hongbo.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Since there are already seven DMA documentations under the top Documentation/,
> > > > it is better to create one dedicated directory for them.
> > > Well the problem is that not everything is same. Some of these mean how to use
> > > dma mapping API, couple are related to dmaengine, so clubing everything into
> > > "dma" doesnt sound right to me!
> > Putting everything in the world in the top level directory isn't all
> > flowers and kittens either.
> >
> > Where would be a _better_ place to move one of those files to?
> As pointed mostly things dma* are dma-mapping and dmaengine, so would apt
> that we move to two folders, unless i overlooked and assumed everything else is
> dma-mapping!

Understand your concern, dma-mapping and dmaengine are different, but 
they are all about dma, a general dma folder can include all dma related 
files. An example is Documentation/power, so many kinds of power related 
files go there.
Anyway, this is my point, it is up to you maintainers.

> --
> ~Vinod



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