Re: [PATCH] x86/init: add kernel-doc comments to x86_init.h

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Dec 01 2025 - 16:03:34 EST




On 12/1/25 1:00 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 12/1/25 12:56 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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>>> * Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> * @i8042: indicated if we expect the device to have i8042 controller
>>>> * present.
>>>> * @rtc: this device has a CMOS real-time clock present
>>>> + * @warm_reset: %1 if platform allows warm reset, else %0
>>>> + * @no_vga: %1 if (FADT.boot_flags & ACPI_FADT_NO_VGA) is set, else %0
>>>> * @reserve_bios_regions: boot code will search for the EBDA address and the
>>>> * start of the 640k - 1M BIOS region. If false, the platform must
>>>> * ensure that its memory map correctly reserves sub-1MB regions as needed.
>>>
>>> What is '%1' and '%0' - literal 1 and 0?
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>> Yes, kernel-doc notation.
>
> Yeah, so it's not a very widespread usage versus using
> the literals. I'd go with the plain text literals,
> especially since they don't cause comment-reading
> exceptions for the brain, which is always a plus. :)

Definitely.

>>> That's a really weird way to write them.
>>
>> OK, they can be removed. Do you want a v2?
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> No need, I already edited it, just wanted to make sure
> I haven't missed anything.

OK, thanks.

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~Randy