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index c039224b404e..f71ddd592aaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ Sphinx Install
==============
The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be
-built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or higher. If you desire to build
-PDF output, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6 or higher.
+built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or higher.
There's a script that checks for the Sphinx requirements. Please see
:ref:`sphinx-pre-install` for further details.
@@ -56,13 +55,13 @@ or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3.
those expressions are written using LaTeX notation. It needs texlive
installed with amdfonts and amsmath in order to evaluate them.
-In summary, if you want to install Sphinx version 1.4.9, you should do::
+In summary, if you want to install Sphinx version 1.7.9, you should do::
- $ virtualenv sphinx_1.4
- $ . sphinx_1.4/bin/activate
- (sphinx_1.4) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
+ $ virtualenv sphinx_1.7.9
+ $ . sphinx_1.7.9/bin/activate
+ (sphinx_1.7.9) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
-After running ``. sphinx_1.4/bin/activate``, the prompt will change,
+After running ``. sphinx_1.7.9/bin/activate``, the prompt will change,
in order to indicate that you're using the new environment. If you
open a new shell, you need to rerun this command to enter again at
the virtual environment before building the documentation.
@@ -105,8 +104,8 @@ command line options for your distro::
You should run:
sudo dnf install -y texlive-luatex85
- /usr/bin/virtualenv sphinx_1.4
- . sphinx_1.4/bin/activate
+ /usr/bin/virtualenv sphinx_1.7.9
+ . sphinx_1.7.9/bin/activate
pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
Can't build as 1 mandatory dependency is missing at ./scripts/sphinx-pre-install line 468.
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ Here are some specific guidelines for the kernel documentation:
examples, etc.), use ``::`` for anything that doesn't really benefit
from syntax highlighting, especially short snippets. Use
``.. code-block:: <language>`` for longer code blocks that benefit
- from highlighting.
+ from highlighting. For a short snippet of code embedded in the text, use \`\`.
the C domain
@@ -242,11 +241,14 @@ The C domain of the kernel-doc has some additional features. E.g. you can
The func-name (e.g. ioctl) remains in the output but the ref-name changed from
``ioctl`` to ``VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS``. The index entry for this function is also
-changed to ``VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS`` and the function can now referenced by:
-
-.. code-block:: rst
-
- :c:func:`VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS`
+changed to ``VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS``.
+
+Please note that there is no need to use ``c:func:`` to generate cross
+references to function documentation. Due to some Sphinx extension magic,
+the documentation build system will automatically turn a reference to
+``function()`` into a cross reference if an index entry for the given
+function name exists. If you see ``c:func:`` use in a kernel document,
+please feel free to remove it.
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