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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg
index 011dda4f8e8a..ee0d6dbc810e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Description:
to the fw_cfg device can be found in "docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt"
in the QEMU source tree.
- === SysFS fw_cfg Interface ===
+ **SysFS fw_cfg Interface**
The fw_cfg sysfs interface described in this document is only
intended to display discoverable blobs (i.e., those registered
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Description:
/sys/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg/rev
- --- Discoverable fw_cfg blobs by selector key ---
+ **Discoverable fw_cfg blobs by selector key**
All discoverable blobs listed in the fw_cfg file directory are
displayed as entries named after their unique selector key
@@ -45,24 +45,26 @@ Description:
Each such fw_cfg sysfs entry has the following values exported
as attributes:
- name : The 56-byte nul-terminated ASCII string used as the
+ ==== ====================================================
+ name The 56-byte nul-terminated ASCII string used as the
blob's 'file name' in the fw_cfg directory.
- size : The length of the blob, as given in the fw_cfg
+ size The length of the blob, as given in the fw_cfg
directory.
- key : The value of the blob's selector key as given in the
+ key The value of the blob's selector key as given in the
fw_cfg directory. This value is the same as used in
the parent directory name.
- raw : The raw bytes of the blob, obtained by selecting the
+ raw The raw bytes of the blob, obtained by selecting the
entry via the control register, and reading a number
of bytes equal to the blob size from the data
register.
+ ==== ====================================================
- --- Listing fw_cfg blobs by file name ---
+ **Listing fw_cfg blobs by file name**
While the fw_cfg device does not impose any specific naming
convention on the blobs registered in the file directory,
QEMU developers have traditionally used path name semantics
- to give each blob a descriptive name. For example:
+ to give each blob a descriptive name. For example::
"bootorder"
"genroms/kvmvapic.bin"
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ Description:
of directories matching the path name components of fw_cfg
blob names, ending in symlinks to the by_key entry for each
"basename", as illustrated below (assume current directory is
- /sys/firmware):
+ /sys/firmware)::
qemu_fw_cfg/by_name/bootorder -> ../by_key/38
qemu_fw_cfg/by_name/etc/e820 -> ../../by_key/35