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From: Nir Lichtman <nir@lichtman.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Fix incorrect paths/magic in magic numbers rst
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 20:03:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241104200328.GA73996@lichtman.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871pzq94hp.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>

On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 12:35:30PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Nir Lichtman <nir@lichtman.org> writes:
> 
> > Fix some no longer true header/c file paths and correct the BAYCOM_MAGIC
> > value to be decimal as in the source instead of incorrectly hexadecimal
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nir Lichtman <nir@lichtman.org>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/staging/magic-number.rst | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> I've applied this, thanks.  I do continue to wonder about the value of
> this file in general, though...

Agreed, it feels pretty much like abandoned book keeping that gives minimal
value since the chance of magics colliding is slim, but I think the general tip
before the table of magics is pretty good.

What is your opinion about integrating the tip in a different page and deleting
this page entirely?

Thanks,
Nir

> 
> jon

  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-04 20:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-25 13:51 Nir Lichtman
2024-11-04 19:35 ` Jonathan Corbet
2024-11-04 20:03   ` Nir Lichtman [this message]
2024-11-04 20:10     ` Jonathan Corbet
2024-11-07 21:01       ` Nir Lichtman

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