Re: [PATCH] ipwireless: driver for 3G PC Card

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Jan 28 2008 - 18:28:37 EST


On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:18:03 +0100 Jiri Slaby wrote:

> On 01/28/2008 07:08 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> +/*
> >> + * @return 1 if something has been received from hw
> >
> > What's with the '@'?
> ...
> >> +
> >> +/*!
> >
> > and the '!' ?
> >
> >> + * @return true if the card is physically present.
> >> + */
>
> What exactly is wrong with @ and !? It's perfectly doxygen-styled.

What part of kernel documentation uses doxygen?


> >> diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..cab5722
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,496 @@
> [...]
> >> +module_param(major, int, 0);
> >> +module_param(ipwireless_debug, int, 0);
> >> +module_param(ipwireless_loopback, int, 0);
> >> +module_param(ipwireless_out_queue, int, 0);
> >> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(major, "ttyIPWp major number [0]");
> >> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(ipwireless_debug, "switch on debug messages [0]");
> >> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(ipwireless_debug, "switch on loopback mode [0]");
> >> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(ipwireless_debug, "set size of outgoing queue [1]");
> >
> > Will these parameters be documented anywhere?
>
> Anyway the descs are wrong. Those 3 are for the only one variable.

Ack, thanks.

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~Randy
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