Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 01/15/07 11:46, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 09:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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>> On 01/14/07 23:58, Greg Folkert wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 11:43 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>>>> Greg Folkert wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 22:01 -0500, Grok Mogger wrote:
>>>>>> sdpatt2@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> "The kernel comes with it's own documentation section.  Some
>>>>>> good reading there."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds great.  Where can I find that?  =P
>>>>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.19.tar.gz
>>>>>
>>>>> Extract it and find the docs directory. Its in there.
>>>> That's a little overkill when you can just get the appropriate linux-doc...
>>> Well, considering he is using Thunderbird on Windows...
>>>
>>> 	User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207)
>>>
>>> I wonder if he even has a Debian Linux machine to use to get it.
>> WinZip might/should understand tar and gzip.  If so (and there's but
>> one way to find out!), he could absolutely use a Windows box to
>> examine the Linux source.
> 
> To re-direct the witness:
> 
>         did the person I replied to type the following in the previous
>         to my reply:
>         
>                 That's a little overkill when you can just get the
>                 appropriate linux-doc...
>         
>         I need an answer!
> 
> Well, I guess I didn't realize that people do not read the quotes. IOW,
> I didn't believe the peep had a Debian Linux machine to install
> linux-doc.
> 
> Oh well.

I didn't realize that linux-doc is a package.  I assumed (yes, yes,
I know...) that it is a directory in the source tarball.

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