docs: deprecate kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

Now that the new Sphinx world order is taking over, the information in
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt is outmoded.  I hate to remove it altogether,
since it's one of those files that people expect to find.  But we can add a
warning and fix all the other pointers to it.

Reminded-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Jonathan Corbet 2016-07-20 16:43:41 -06:00
parent 47d6d752b9
commit 8ed292fe86
5 changed files with 8 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ kbuild/
- directory with info about the kernel build process.
kdump/
- directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
- mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
kernel-docs.txt
- listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
kernel-documentation.rst
- how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
kernel-parameters.txt
- summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt

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@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ of the function, telling people what it does, and possibly WHY it does
it.
When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format.
See the files Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt and scripts/kernel-doc
See the files Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst and scripts/kernel-doc
for details.
Linux style for comments is the C89 "/* ... */" style.

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@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ which have not been so documented, there is no harm in adding kerneldoc
comments for the future; indeed, this can be a useful activity for
beginning kernel developers. The format of these comments, along with some
information on how to create kerneldoc templates can be found in the file
Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt.
Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst.
Anybody who reads through a significant amount of existing kernel code will
note that, often, comments are most notable by their absence. Once again,

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@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
NOTE: this document is outdated and will eventually be removed. See
Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst for current information.
kernel-doc nano-HOWTO
=====================

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@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ C是一个简朴的语言你的命名也应该这样。和 Modula-2 和 Pasca
些事情的原因。
当注释内核API函数时请使用 kernel-doc 格式。请看
Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt和scripts/kernel-doc 以获得详细信息。
Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst和scripts/kernel-doc 以获得详细信息。
Linux的注释风格是 C89 “/* ... */” 风格。不要使用 C99 风格 “// ...” 注释。