From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755955AbXIYVMm (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:12:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753113AbXIYVMf (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:12:35 -0400 Received: from barikada.upol.cz ([158.194.242.200]:41370 "EHLO barikada.upol.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753072AbXIYVMe (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:12:34 -0400 To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: [patch 3/5] Add samples subdir In-Reply-To: <20070925190036.GA14579@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20070925121145.262664884@polymtl.ca> <20070925121251.954162366@polymtl.ca> <20070925190036.GA14579@uranus.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: slrn + jed (x86_64-pc-linux-glibc-debian) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:28:18 +0200 Message-Id: From: Oleg Verych Organization: Palacky University in Olomouc, experimental physics department X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-glibc-debian Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:00:36 +0200 > > Hi Mathieu & Randy. > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:11:48AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: >> From: Randy Dunlap >> >> Begin infrastructure for kernel code samples in the samples/ directory. >> Add its Kconfig and Kbuild files. >> Source its Kconfig file in all arch/ Kconfigs. > > Sorry for not commenting on this before... > The samples directory contains sample code so it is wrong to actually > include it as part of the kernel IMHO. Count my HO too. Kernel isn't school desk at first place. It's already bloated as with various 2+y obsolete changelogs (that have content, that even older), with unsorted documentation (hypertext and http are better on this). Up to date test cases and example code must be on developer's site, not as burden in the sources. Yea, linux tar ball is a popular one. But sorry, it already has too much unneeded stuff for most of the freelance users and testers. This tarball must have good end result with propper changelogs and pointers to *fresh* information. -- -o--=O`C #oo'L O <___=E M