From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753573AbZBOJ2b (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:28:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751511AbZBOJ2X (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:28:23 -0500 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:38142 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750758AbZBOJ2W (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:28:22 -0500 Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:30:14 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Randy Dunlap Cc: lkml , akpm Subject: Re: [PATCH] docbook: split kernel-api, add device-drivers book Message-ID: <20090215093014.GD29094@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20090211162644.f3feb758.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090211162644.f3feb758.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 04:26:44PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > From: Randy Dunlap > > 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 I like the split, and I assume you will carry the patch in a Documentation tree? Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg Sam