[irqchip: irq/irqchip-fixes] Documentation: Fix irq-domain.rst build warning

From: irqchip-bot for Marc Zyngier
Date: Fri Sep 03 2021 - 04:56:30 EST


The following commit has been merged into the irq/irqchip-fixes branch of irqchip:

Commit-ID: 0ddc5e55e6f1da1286fb2646f4248bf7da31a601
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms/0ddc5e55e6f1da1286fb2646f4248bf7da31a601
Author: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:29:07 +01:00
Committer: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:54:15 +01:00

Documentation: Fix irq-domain.rst build warning

Correctly escape the * not to be used as emphasis. Also take this
opportunity to clarify the fate of the rest of the legacy APIs.

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210903085343.923036-1-maz@xxxxxxxxxx
---
Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst b/Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst
index 6979b4a..9c0e875 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst
@@ -175,9 +175,10 @@ for IRQ numbers that are passed to struct device registrations. In that
case the Linux IRQ numbers cannot be dynamically assigned and the legacy
mapping should be used.

-As the name implies, the *_legacy() functions are deprecated and only
+As the name implies, the \*_legacy() functions are deprecated and only
exist to ease the support of ancient platforms. No new users should be
-added.
+added. Same goes for the \*_simple() functions when their use results
+in the legacy behaviour.

The legacy map assumes a contiguous range of IRQ numbers has already
been allocated for the controller and that the IRQ number can be