From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-20.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A83C432BE for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:17:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F77611AD for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:17:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233339AbhHTRSO (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:18:14 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:36508 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232460AbhHTRSM (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:18:12 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:104d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9E8AF5ED0; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:17:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 9E8AF5ED0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1629479854; bh=Y3LRHMBOx4EfnbSvJscaQWctmXzRQBWppOEpiEFNqKw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=iSWyy5o7/syqdcoUybuNdBUNuR7F/wWAgw4t4EGLOLL/w/nl2X1SURREPtww++D0O VlJ9CiPjXGL/mJ3Rl/VHGDpeBXZl1BDQI6DTOMoVFHErP3wB3lMczkvY8U2vzzzHQ3 Vt7irFQD8Wq/lUuyWoxHzgdYyWhYUDQjJ3OAR8UiOHHSZD7URvxTcToT1B6Db22z4B rFfcXi0NDEqSOkvGC33pif8pX0ACaSHwn06Ss5cuoPx/LNEuyITFp5VDhQItsbSIZn tijL67q3PQsUJLSvX364j1fmbjQeg+w8oEhffXy6dznlljKTDxmcXV7Jam8g8lAqvz GgXpuEgUqrW0Q== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Chun-Hung Tseng Cc: jmseyas@dit.upm.es, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, henrybear327@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide In-Reply-To: <20210819031407.17044-1-henrybear327@gmail.com> References: <20210819031407.17044-1-henrybear327@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:17:34 -0600 Message-ID: <877dggrq6p.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Chun-Hung Tseng writes: > Recently, the content and examples of the book "The Linux Kernel Module > Programming Guide" are being actively maintained and added on Github[1]. > Currently, the book is being regularly built into webpage and pdf > file using Github static page[2]. > > [1]: https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg > [2]: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/ > > Signed-off-by: Chun-Hung Tseng > --- > Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 14 ++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst > index 22d9ace5df2a..631a3dc04e3e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst > @@ -126,15 +126,17 @@ On-line docs > describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with > Card Services. > > - * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide** > + * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide** > > - :Author: Ori Pomerantz. > - :URL: https://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html > - :Date: 2001 > + :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram, > + Jim Huang. > + :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/ > + :Date: 2021 > :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls, > interrupt handlers . > - :Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules > - programming. Lots of examples. > + :Description: A very nice 93 pages GPL book on the topic of modules > + programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being > + actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg. If this book is now being consistently maintained, then the number of pages is sure to change in short order; it seems like kind of a strange thing to track here...? Thanks, jon