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authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>2006-02-01 03:06:57 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-02-01 08:53:27 -0800
commitd28bee0c0a9c6abddf1d14c69f188400e994eb5a (patch)
treefb05862b35aa6f4f96867c9baeb4d6508d55bdb9 /Documentation
parent7045f37b17ffa6e85435ca980122b46a74caa7e4 (diff)
[PATCH] Doc/kernel-doc: add more usage info
- Add info that structs, unions, enums, and typedefs are supported. - Add doc about "private:" and "public:" tags for struct fields. - Fix some typos. - Remove some trailing whitespace. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt39
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index c406ce67edd..c65233d430f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ How to extract the documentation
If you just want to read the ready-made books on the various
subsystems (see Documentation/DocBook/*.tmpl), just type 'make
-psdocs', or 'make pdfdocs', or 'make htmldocs', depending on your
-preference. If you would rather read a different format, you can type
-'make sgmldocs' and then use DocBook tools to convert
-Documentation/DocBook/*.sgml to a format of your choice (for example,
+psdocs', or 'make pdfdocs', or 'make htmldocs', depending on your
+preference. If you would rather read a different format, you can type
+'make sgmldocs' and then use DocBook tools to convert
+Documentation/DocBook/*.sgml to a format of your choice (for example,
'db2html ...' if 'make htmldocs' was not defined).
If you want to see man pages instead, you can do this:
@@ -124,6 +124,36 @@ patterns, which are highlighted appropriately.
Take a look around the source tree for examples.
+kernel-doc for structs, unions, enums, and typedefs
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+Beside functions you can also write documentation for structs, unions,
+enums and typedefs. Instead of the function name you must write the name
+of the declaration; the struct/union/enum/typedef must always precede
+the name. Nesting of declarations is not supported.
+Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
+
+Inside a struct description, you can use the "private:" and "public:"
+comment tags. Structure fields that are inside a "private:" area
+are not listed in the generated output documentation.
+
+Example:
+
+/**
+ * struct my_struct - short description
+ * @a: first member
+ * @b: second member
+ *
+ * Longer description
+ */
+struct my_struct {
+ int a;
+ int b;
+/* private: */
+ int c;
+};
+
+
How to make new SGML template files
-----------------------------------
@@ -147,4 +177,3 @@ documentation, in <filename>, for the functions listed.
Tim.
*/ <twaugh@redhat.com>
-