[PATCH 2/2] drm/doc: Add RFC section

[Rodrigo Vivi]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 09:44:53AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> Motivated by the pre-review process for i915 gem/gt features, but
> probably useful in general for complex stuff.
> 
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi at intel.com>
> Cc: Jason Ekstrand <jason at jlekstrand.net>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at intel.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gpu/index.rst |  1 +
>  Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst   | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
> index c9a51e3bfb5a..df58cb826d68 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Linux GPU Driver Developer's Guide
>     vga-switcheroo
>     vgaarbiter
>     todo
> +   rfc

I understand the motivation here so I didn't commented earlier, but looking now,
I'm wondering that this section will polute the official doc...

>  
>  .. only::  subproject and html
>  
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst b/Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..9d0ff2921af8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> +===============
> +GPU RFC Section
> +===============
> +
> +For complex work, especially new uapi, it is often good to nail the high level
> +design issues before getting lost in the code details. This section is meant to
> +host such documentation:
> +
> +* Each RFC should be a section in this file, explaining the goal and main design
> +  considerations.
> +
> +* For uapi structures add a file to this directory with and then pull the
> +  kerneldoc in like with real uapi headers.
> +
> +* Once the code has landed move all the documentation to the right places in
> +  the main core, helper or driver sections.
> -- 
> 2.31.0
>