Re: [PATCH 04/29] printk-formats.txt: standardize document format

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri May 19 2017 - 13:33:26 EST


On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 22:25 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Each text file under Documentation follows a different
> format. Some doesn't even have titles!
>
> Change its representation to follow the adopted standard,
> using ReST markups for it to be parseable by Sphinx:
>
> - add a title for the document;
> - add markups for section titles;
> - move authorship to the beginning and use :Author:;
> - use right markup for tables;
> - mark literals and literal blocks.

I think the .rst markup is far uglier to read as text
and harder to modify for new additions to %p<foo>
given column alignments.

For instance below, but other than that, the .rst
is easier to read.

> diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
[]
> @@ -1,139 +1,180 @@
> -If variable is of Type, use printk format specifier:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> - int %d or %x
> - unsigned int %u or %x
> - long %ld or %lx
> - unsigned long %lu or %lx
> - long long %lld or %llx
> - unsigned long long %llu or %llx
> - size_t %zu or %zx
> - ssize_t %zd or %zx
> - s32 %d or %x
> - u32 %u or %x
> - s64 %lld or %llx
> - u64 %llu or %llx
[]
> +======================= ===========================
> +If variable is of Type use printk format specifier
> +======================= ===========================
> +``int`` ``%d or %x``
> +``unsigned int`` ``%u or %x``
> +``long`` ``%ld or %lx``
> +``unsigned long`` ``%lu or %lx``
> +``long long`` ``%lld or %llx``
> +``unsigned long long`` ``%llu or %llx``
> +``size_t`` ``%zu or %zx``
> +``ssize_t`` ``%zd or %zx``
> +``s32`` ``%d or %x``
> +``u32`` ``%u or %x``
> +``s64`` ``%lld or %llx``
> +``u64`` ``%llu or %llx``
> +======================= ===========================