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2016-09-20Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: adjust LDD referencesMauro Carvalho Chehab
- remove LDD versions 1 and 2, as there's already an entry for LDD3; - add a link between LDD online and published entries. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: some improvements on the ReST outputMauro Carvalho Chehab
- Use lower case for sections, as this is the standard used on the other ReST files; - The latest version of this document is at the Kernel source, and not at the listed URL. So, move it to the end of the doc. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: Consistent indenting: 4 spacesRichard Sailer
This introduces a consistent indenting of 4 spaces for all lists. [mchehab@s-opensource.com: rebased to apply before rename] Signed-off-by: Richard Sailer <richard@weltraumpflege.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-09-20Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: Add 4 paper/book referencesRichard Sailer
Background/Reasoning: Books: ------ * Linux Kernel Networking by Rami Rosen While some parts are quite short and could be more carefully explained it's still a good recomendation for understanding linux kernel networking, (IMHO) * Linux Treiber entwickeln: It sure is a drawback that this is a german book. But it's quite recent, well structured and there are also other non-english (spanish) books/papers in this list. Papers: ------- * On Submitting kernel Patches Contains 2 case studies of bigger patch sets and how (or how not) they were merged. I found it helpful * Tracing the Way of Data in a TCP Connection through the Linux Kernel Since this was written by me this inclusion may be a bit biased :p Neitherless I think this gives a good introduction on understanding/exploring linux internals using ftrace and an overview of Linux TCP internals. [mchehab@s-opensource.com: rebased to apply before rename] Signed-off-by: Richard Sailer <richard@weltraumpflege.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-09-20Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: Improve layouting of book listRichard Sailer
The dots at the ends of the list elements introduced unnecesarry newlines in the "compiled" document. While this was not "mission critical" it's not nice to look at either. [mchehab@s-opensource.com: rebased to apply before rename] Signed-off-by: Richard Sailer <richard@weltraumpflege.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: Remove offline or outdated entriesRichard Sailer
This removes all dead links to online docs which are dead according to Jon and Mauro in https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160916182849.2a7101ea () vento ! lan Additionally some references to very old articles refering to linux 2.2 and 2.0 are deleted. [mchehab@s-opensource.com: rebased to apply before rename] Signed-off-by: Richard Sailer <richard@weltraumpflege.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-09-20docs: Clean up bare :: linesJonathan Corbet
Mauro's patch set introduced some bare :: lines; these can be represented by a double colon at the end of the preceding text line. The result looks a little less weird and is less verbose. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/SubmitChecklist: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
- use ``foo`` to markup inline literal stuff, effectively making it to be presented as a monospaced font when parsed by Sphinx; - the markup below the title should have the same length as the title; - Fix the list markups, from "1:" to "1)"; - Split item 2 into a separate list for the build options, in order to be presented as a list on Sphinx; Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/SubmitChecklist: update kernel-doc taskMauro Carvalho Chehab
Task 11 (kernel-doc) still mentions usage of make manpages, but this won't work if the API is documented via Sphinx. So, update it to use either htmldocs or pdfdocs, with are the documentation targets that work for all. While here, add ReST reference to the kernel documentation book. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/HOWTO: adjust external link referencesMauro Carvalho Chehab
- A few link references were missing http:// - Several sites are now redirecting to https protocol. On such cases, just use the https URL. NOTE: all URLs were checked and they're pointing to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/HOWTO: improve some markups to make it visually betterMauro Carvalho Chehab
Do a series of minor improvements at the ReST output format: - Instead of using the quote blocks (::) for quotes, use italics. That looks nicer on epub (and html) output, as no scroll bar will be added. Also, it will adjust line breaks on the text automatically. - Add a missing reference to SubmittingPatches.rst and use **foo** instead of _foo_. - use bold for "The Perfect Patch" by removing a newline. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/HOWTO: update information about generating documentationMauro Carvalho Chehab
The description there are pre-Sphinx. Update it to cover the new way. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/HOWTO: add cross-references to other documentsMauro Carvalho Chehab
Add cross references for the documents mentioned at HOWTO and are under the Documentation/ directory, using the ReST notation. It should be noticed that HOWTO also mentions the /README file. We opted to not touch it, for now, as making it build on Sphinx would require it to be moved to a Documentation/foo directory. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
This one required lots of manual work, for it to be properly displayed. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-09-20Documentation/SubmittingPatches: enrich the Sphinx outputMauro Carvalho Chehab
Do a few changes to make the output look better: - use bullets on trivial patches list; - use monotonic font for tools name; - use :manpage:`foo` for man pages; - don't put all references to maintainer*html at the same line. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/SubmittingPatches: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
- Change the sections to use ReST markup; - Add cross-references where needed; - convert aspas to verbatim text; - use code block tags; - make Sphinx happy. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/SubmittingDrivers: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
- Change the document title markup to make it on a higher level; - Add blank lines as needed, to improve the output; - use italics for the country-code at kernel.org ftp URL. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
- use ReST markups for section headers; - add cross-references to the options; - mark code blocks; - a few minor changes to make Sphinx happy. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
Add markups for it to be properly parsed by Sphinx. As people browsing this document may not notice that the source file title is "stable_api_nonsense", I opted to use bold to the rationale for this document. I also found it better to add a note when it says that the nonsense applies only to the kABI/kAPI, and not to uAPI. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/SecurityBugs: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
Add a name for the document and convert the sections to ReST markups. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/ManagementStyle: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
- Convert document name to ReST; - Convert footnotes; - Convert sections to ReST format; - Don't use _foo_, as Sphinx doesn't support underline. Instead, use bold; - While here, remove whitespaces at the end of lines. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/CodingStyle: use the .. note:: markup where neededMauro Carvalho Chehab
There are two places there where there are notes that should be highlighted. So, use the ReST note markup for such texts. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/CodingStyle: replace underline markupsMauro Carvalho Chehab
Sphinx doesn't accept underline markups by purpose. While there are ways to support underline via CSS, this won't be portable with non-html outputs. As we want CodingStyle to do emphasis, replace _foo_ by **foo**, using bold emphasis. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/CodingStyle: use the proper tag for verbatim fontMauro Carvalho Chehab
On Sphinx/ReST notation, ``foo`` means that foo will be will be marked as inline literal, effectively making it to be presented as a monospaced font. As we want this document to be parsed by Sphinx, instead of using "foo", use ``foo`` for the names that are literal, because it is an usual typographic convention to use monospaced fonts for functions and language commands on documents, and we're following such convention on the other ReST books. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/CodingStyle: Convert to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
- Fix all chapter identation; - add c blocks where needed; Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/Changes: add minimal requirements for documentation buildMauro Carvalho Chehab
As discussed at linux-doc ML, the best is to keep all documents backward compatible with Sphinx version 1.2, as it is the latest version found on some distros like Debian. All books currently support it. Please notice that, while it mentions the eventual need of XeLaTex and texlive to build pdf files, this is not a minimal requirement, as one could just be interested on building html documents. Also, identifying the minimal requirements for texlive packages is not trivial, as each distribution seems to use different criteria on grouping LaTex functionalities. While here, update the current kernel version to 4.x. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/Changes: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
- Fix chapter identation inconsistencies; - Convert table to ReST format; - use the right tag for bullets; - Fix bold emphasis; - mark blocks with :: tags; - use verbatim font for files; - make Sphinx happy Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/applying-patches.txt: Update the information thereMauro Carvalho Chehab
This document is old: it is from Kernel v2.6.12 days. Update it to the current status, and add a reference for the linux-next tree. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/applying-patches.txt: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
- use the correct markup to identify each section; - Add some blank lines for Sphinx to properly interpret the markups; - Remove a blank space on some paragraphs; - Fix the verbatim and bold markups; - Cleanup the remaining errors to make Sphinx happy. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation/HOWTO: convert to ReST notationMauro Carvalho Chehab
This document is almost compliant with ReST notation, but some small adjustments are needed to make it parse properly by Sphinx (mostly, add blank lines where needed). Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20docs-rst: create a book for the development processMauro Carvalho Chehab
Now that the files at Documentation/development-process/ were converted to ReST, make create a book at Sphinx. As we'll have other books related to the development process, we'll add it as a sub-book. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20doc: development-process: rename files to rstMauro Carvalho Chehab
Now that the documents were converted, rename them to .rst, as this is needed by the Sphinx build logic. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20doc: development-process: convert it to ReST markupMauro Carvalho Chehab
This document is on good shape for ReST: all it was needed was to fix the section markups, add a toctree, convert the tables and add a few code/quote blocks. While not strictly required, I opted to use lowercase for the titles, just like the other books that were converted to Sphinx. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-09-20doc-rst: add CSS styles for :kbd: and :menuselection:Mauro Carvalho Chehab
As we're about to use those two markups, add them to the theme style overrride. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation: kdump: Add description of enable multi-cpus supportZhou Wenjian
Multi-cpu support is useful to improve the performance of kdump in some cases. So add the description of enable multi-cpu support in dump-capture kernel. Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Acked-by: Xunlei Pang <xpang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation: kdump: Remind user of nr_cpusZhou Wenjian
nr_cpus can help to save memory. So we should remind user of it. Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Acked-by: Xunlei Pang <xpang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-20Documentation: DMA-API-HOWTO: Fix a typoAndrey Smirnov
Fix a type in example variable name. Signed-off-by: Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-16Merge branch 'driver-api' into doc/4.9Jonathan Corbet
This short series convers device-drivers.tmpl into the RST format, splits it up, and sets up the result under Documentation/driver-api/. For added fun, I've taken one top-level file (hsi.txt) and folded it into the document as a way of showing the direction I'm thinking I would like things to go. There is plenty more of this sort of work that could be done, to say the least - this is just a beginning! The formatted results can be seen at: http://static.lwn.net/kerneldoc/driver-api/index.html As part of the long-term task to turn Documentation/ into less of a horror movie, I'd like to collect documentation of the driver-specific API here. Arguably gpu/ and the media API stuff should eventually move here, though we can discuss the color of that particular shed some other day. Meanwhile, I'd appreciate comments on the general idea.
2016-09-16docs/driver-model: fix typoLaurent Navet
No need to be be, just be should be sufficient. Signed-off-by: Laurent Navet <laurent.navet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-16DMA-API-HOWTO: <asm/generic/scatterlist.h> is no moreChristoph Hellwig
So don't mention it. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-16doc-rst:c-domain: function-like macros argumentsMarkus Heiser
Handle signatures of function-like macros well. Don't try to deduce arguments types of function-like macros. Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarIT.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-16doc-rst:c-domain: fix sphinx version incompatibilityMarkus Heiser
The self.indexnode's tuple has changed in sphinx version 1.4, from a former 4 element tuple to a 5 element tuple. https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/commit/e6a5a3a92e938fcd75866b4227db9e0524d58f7c Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarIT.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-16Documentation/filesystems: Fixed typoRobert Foss
Fixed a -> an typo. Signed-off-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@collabora.com> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-06docs: Don't format internal MPT docsJonathan Corbet
This is the driver API document, so the internal stuff is just noise here. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-06docs: split up serial-interfaces.rstJonathan Corbet
It never made sense to keep these documents together; move each into its own file. Drop the section numbering on hsi.txt on its way to its own file. Suggested-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-06docs: Pull the HSI documentation togetherJonathan Corbet
The HSI subsystem documentation was split across hsi.txt and the device-drivers docbook. Now that the latter has been converted to Sphinx, pull in the HSI document so that it's all in one place. Acked-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-06docs: Special-case function-pointer parameters in kernel-docJonathan Corbet
Add yet another regex to kernel-doc to trap @param() references separately and not produce corrupt RST markup. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-06docs: make kernel-doc handle varargs properlyJonathan Corbet
As far as I can tell, the handling of "..." arguments has never worked right, so any documentation provided was ignored in favor of "variable arguments." This makes kernel-doc handle "@...:" as documented. It does *not* fix spots in kerneldoc comments that don't follow that convention, but they are no more broken than before. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-06x86: fix memory ranges in mm documentationLorenzo Stoakes
This is a trivial fix to correct upper bound addresses to always be inclusive. Previously, the majority of ranges specified were inclusive with a small minority specifying an exclusive upper bound. This patch fixes this inconsistency. Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-09-06documentation/scsi: Remove nodisconnect parameterFinn Thain
The driver that used the 'nodisconnect' parameter was removed in commit 565bae6a4a8f ("[SCSI] 53c7xx: kill driver"). Related documentation was cleaned up in commit f37a7238d379 ("[SCSI] 53c7xx: fix removal fallout"), except for the remaining two mentions that are removed here. Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>