documentation: how to use DOC: section blocks
PATCH 1/1 documentation: how to use DOC: section blocks
From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Add info on how to use DOC: sections in kernel-doc.
DOC: sections enable the addition of inline source file comments that are general in nature instead of being specific to a function, struct, union, enum, or typedef.
Signed-off-by Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
cc Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
--- Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt +29 -0
@@ -282,6 +282,32 @@ struct my_struct { }; +Including documentation blocks in source files +---------------------------------------------- + +To facilitate having source code and comments close together, you can +include kernel-doc documentation blocks that are free-form comments +instead of being kernel-doc for functions, structures, unions, +enums, or typedefs. This could be used for something like a +theory of operation for a driver or library code, for example. + +This is done by using a DOC: section keyword with a section title. E.g.: + +/** + * DOC: Theory of Operation + * + * The whizbang foobar is a dilly of a gizmo. It can do whatever you + * want it to do, at any time. It reads your mind. Here's how it works. + * + * foo bar splat + * + * The only drawback to this gizmo is that is can sometimes damage + * hardware, software, or its subject(s). + */ + +DOC: sections are used in SGML templates files as indicated below. + + How to make new SGML template files -----------------------------------
@@ -302,6 +328,9 @@ exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL. !F<filename> <function [functions...]> is replaced by the documentation, in <filename>, for the functions listed. +!P<filename> <section title> is replaced by the contents of the DOC: +section titled <section title> from <filename>. +Spaces are allowed in <section title>; do not quote the <section title>. Tim. */ <[email protected]>
Quoted 6 lines · Randy Dunlap
From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Add info on how to use DOC: sections in kernel-doc.
DOC: sections enable the addition of inline source file comments that are general in nature instead of being specific to a function, struct, union, enum, or typedef.
Nice, thanks for the documentation Randy, looks great to me.
Quoted 52 lines
Signed-off-by Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>cc Johannes Berg <[email protected]>--- Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt +29
-0@@ -282,6 +282,32 @@ struct my_struct { }; +Including documentation blocks in source files +---------------------------------------------- + +To facilitate having source code and comments close together, you can +include kernel-doc documentation blocks that are free-form comments +instead of being kernel-doc for functions, structures, unions, +enums, or typedefs. This could be used for something like a +theory of operation for a driver or library code, for example. + +This is done by using a DOC: section keyword with a section title. E.g.: + +/** + * DOC: Theory of Operation + * + * The whizbang foobar is a dilly of a gizmo. It can do whatever you + * want it to do, at any time. It reads your mind. Here's how it works. + * + * foo bar splat + * + * The only drawback to this gizmo is that is can sometimes damage + * hardware, software, or its subject(s). + */ + +DOC: sections are used in SGML templates files as indicated below. + + How to make new SGML template files -----------------------------------@@ -302,6 +328,9 @@ exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL. !F<filename> <function [functions...]> is replaced by the documentation, in <filename>, for the functions listed. +!P<filename> <section title> is replaced by the contents of the DOC: +section titled <section title> from <filename>. +Spaces are allowed in <section title>; do not quote the <section title>. Tim. */ <[email protected]>