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

[Joe Perches]

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``
> +======================= ===========================