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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt index c6841eee959..d73fbd2b2b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt @@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ The @argument descriptions must begin on the very next line following this opening short function description line, with no intervening empty comment lines. +If a function parameter is "..." (varargs), it should be listed in +kernel-doc notation as: + * @...: description + + Example kernel-doc data structure comment. /** @@ -282,6 +287,32 @@ 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 +333,9 @@ 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; do not quote the 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. */ <twaugh@redhat.com> |