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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/parportbook.tmpl4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt22
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index 1f9d6d520e55..39a9c8aee6ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
kernel/sched.c has no docs, which stuffs up the sgml. Comment
out until somebody adds docs. KAO
<sect1><title>Delaying, scheduling, and timer routines</title>
-!Ekernel/sched.c
+X!Ekernel/sched.c
</sect1>
KAO -->
</chapter>
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ KAO -->
drivers/video/fbgen.c has no docs, which stuffs up the sgml. Comment
out until somebody adds docs. KAO
<sect1><title>Frame Buffer Generic Functions</title>
-!Idrivers/video/fbgen.c
+X!Idrivers/video/fbgen.c
</sect1>
KAO -->
<sect1><title>Frame Buffer Video Mode Database</title>
@@ -381,5 +381,9 @@ KAO -->
!Idrivers/video/fonts.c
</sect1>
</chapter>
-
+<!-- Needs ksyms to list additional exported symbols, but no specific doc.
+ docproc do not care about sgml commants.
+!Dkernel/ksyms.c
+!Dnet/netsyms.c
+-->
</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/parportbook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/parportbook.tmpl
index 575bb48747c5..89a1529accfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/parportbook.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/parportbook.tmpl
@@ -2729,7 +2729,9 @@ to permit their use in free software.
</appendix>
</book>
-
+<!-- Additional function to be documented:
+!Ddrivers/parport/init.c
+-->
<!-- Local Variables: -->
<!-- sgml-indent-step: 1 -->
<!-- sgml-indent-data: 1 -->
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index 03ee7b1270f4..bea73ad9347c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -20,18 +20,14 @@ are:
- scripts/docproc.c
This is a program for converting SGML template files into SGML
- files. It invokes kernel-doc, giving it the list of functions that
+ files. When a file is referenced it is searched for symbols
+ exported (EXPORT_SYMBOL), to be able to distingush between internal
+ and external functions.
+ It invokes kernel-doc, giving it the list of functions that
are to be documented.
-
-- scripts/gen-all-syms
-
- This is a script that lists the EXPORT_SYMBOL symbols in a list of C
- files.
-
-- scripts/docgen
-
- This script invokes docproc, telling it which functions are to be
- documented (this list comes from gen-all-syms).
+ Additionally it is used to scan the SGML template files to locate
+ all the files referenced herein. This is used to generate dependency
+ information as used by make.
- Makefile
@@ -142,6 +138,10 @@ collected from files listed in Documentation/DocBook/Makefile.
!I<filename> is replaced by the documentation for functions that are
_not_ exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL.
+!D<filename> is used to name additional files to search for functions
+exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL. For example many symbols are only exported
+in kernel/ksyms.c, therefore kernel-api.sgml include this file with !D.
+
!F<filename> <function [functions...]> is replaced by the
documentation, in <filename>, for the functions listed.