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From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
To: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>,
	Dan Allen <dan@opendevise.io>,
	Russel Winder <russel@winder.org.uk>,
	Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] Documentation: add kernel api rst
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 16:39:40 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8f3873199da63af0a88af2f8b5ae58eda2cb10eb.1463748027.git.jani.nikula@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1463748027.git.jani.nikula@intel.com>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1463748027.git.jani.nikula@intel.com>

Crude conversion. This one uses kernel-doc.

Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
---
 Documentation/index.rst      |   1 +
 Documentation/kernel-api.rst | 419 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 420 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/kernel-api.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst
index 1ed1c4e91c27..6ca68ef5c89a 100644
--- a/Documentation/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/index.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Contents:
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    kernel-hacking
+   kernel-api
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/kernel-api.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac24d8c2461f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-api.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,419 @@
+====================
+The Linux Kernel API
+====================
+
+Data Types
+==========
+
+Doubly Linked Lists
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/list.h
+   :internal:
+
+Basic C Library Functions
+=========================
+
+When writing drivers, you cannot in general use routines which are from
+the C Library. Some of the functions have been found generally useful
+and they are listed below. The behaviour of these functions may vary
+slightly from those defined by ANSI, and these deviations are noted in
+the text.
+
+String Conversions
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/vsprintf.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kernel.h
+   :functions: kstrtol
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kernel.h
+   :functions: kstrtoul
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/kstrtox.c
+   :export:
+
+String Manipulation
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/string.c
+   :export:
+
+Bit Operations
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
+   :internal:
+
+Basic Kernel Library Functions
+==============================
+
+The Linux kernel provides more basic utility functions.
+
+Bitmap Operations
+-----------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/bitmap.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/bitmap.c
+   :internal:
+
+Command-line Parsing
+--------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/cmdline.c
+   :export:
+
+CRC Functions
+-------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc7.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc16.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc-itu-t.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc32.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc-ccitt.c
+   :export:
+
+idr/ida Functions
+-----------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/idr.h
+   :doc: idr sync
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/idr.c
+   :doc: IDA description
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/idr.c
+   :export:
+
+Memory Management in Linux
+==========================
+
+The Slab Cache
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/slab.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/slab.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c
+   :export:
+
+User Space Memory Access
+------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
+   :export:
+
+More Memory Management Functions
+--------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/filemap.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/memory.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/vmalloc.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page_alloc.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/mempool.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/dmapool.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page-writeback.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/truncate.c
+   :export:
+
+Kernel IPC facilities
+=====================
+
+IPC utilities
+-------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: ipc/util.c
+   :internal:
+
+FIFO Buffer
+===========
+
+kfifo interface
+---------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kfifo.h
+   :internal:
+
+relay interface support
+=======================
+
+Relay interface support is designed to provide an efficient mechanism
+for tools and facilities to relay large amounts of data from kernel
+space to user space.
+
+relay interface
+---------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/relay.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/relay.c
+   :internal:
+
+Module Support
+==============
+
+Module Loading
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/kmod.c
+   :export:
+
+Inter Module support
+--------------------
+
+Refer to the file kernel/module.c for more information.
+
+Hardware Interfaces
+===================
+
+Interrupt Handling
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/irq/manage.c
+   :export:
+
+DMA Channels
+------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/dma.c
+   :export:
+
+Resources Management
+--------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/resource.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/resource.c
+   :export:
+
+MTRR Handling
+-------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+   :export:
+
+PCI Support Library
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/pci.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/remove.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/search.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/msi.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/bus.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/access.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/irq.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/htirq.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/probe.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/slot.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/rom.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/iov.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+   :internal:
+
+PCI Hotplug Support Library
+---------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
+   :export:
+
+Firmware Interfaces
+===================
+
+DMI Interfaces
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+   :export:
+
+EDD Interfaces
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/firmware/edd.c
+   :internal:
+
+Security Framework
+==================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: security/security.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: security/inode.c
+   :export:
+
+Audit Interfaces
+================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/audit.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/auditsc.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/auditfilter.c
+   :internal:
+
+Accounting Framework
+====================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/acct.c
+   :internal:
+
+Block Devices
+=============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-core.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-core.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-map.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-sysfs.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-settings.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-exec.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-flush.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-lib.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-tag.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-tag.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-integrity.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/genhd.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/genhd.c
+   :export:
+
+Char devices
+============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: fs/char_dev.c
+   :export:
+
+Miscellaneous Devices
+=====================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/char/misc.c
+   :export:
+
+Clock Framework
+===============
+
+The clock framework defines programming interfaces to support software
+management of the system clock tree. This framework is widely used with
+System-On-Chip (SOC) platforms to support power management and various
+devices which may need custom clock rates. Note that these "clocks"
+don't relate to timekeeping or real time clocks (RTCs), each of which
+have separate frameworks. These :ref:`struct clk` instances may be
+used to manage for example a 96 MHz signal that is used to shift bits
+into and out of peripherals or busses, or otherwise trigger synchronous
+state machine transitions in system hardware.
+
+Power management is supported by explicit software clock gating: unused
+clocks are disabled, so the system doesn't waste power changing the
+state of transistors that aren't in active use. On some systems this may
+be backed by hardware clock gating, where clocks are gated without being
+disabled in software. Sections of chips that are powered but not clocked
+may be able to retain their last state. This low power state is often
+called a *retention mode*. This mode still incurs leakage currents,
+especially with finer circuit geometries, but for CMOS circuits power is
+mostly used by clocked state changes.
+
+Power-aware drivers only enable their clocks when the device they manage
+is in active use. Also, system sleep states often differ according to
+which clock domains are active: while a "standby" state may allow wakeup
+from several active domains, a "mem" (suspend-to-RAM) state may require
+a more wholesale shutdown of clocks derived from higher speed PLLs and
+oscillators, limiting the number of possible wakeup event sources. A
+driver's suspend method may need to be aware of system-specific clock
+constraints on the target sleep state.
+
+Some platforms support programmable clock generators. These can be used
+by external chips of various kinds, such as other CPUs, multimedia
+codecs, and devices with strict requirements for interface clocking.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/clk.h
+   :internal:
-- 
2.1.4

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-05-20 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-20 13:39 [PATCH 00/10] Documentation/Sphinx Jani Nikula
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 01/10] kernel-doc: fix use of uninitialized value Jani Nikula
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 02/10] kernel-doc: support printing exported and non-exported symbols Jani Nikula
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 03/10] Documentation/sphinx: add basic working Sphinx configuration and build Jani Nikula
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 04/10] Documentation: add .gitignore Jani Nikula
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 05/10] Documentation/sphinx: add Sphinx kernel-doc directive extension Jani Nikula
2016-06-03 20:35   ` Jonathan Corbet
2016-06-04  6:57     ` Markus Heiser
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 06/10] Documentation/sphinx: configure the kernel-doc extension Jani Nikula
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 07/10] sphinx: cheesy script to convert .tmpl files Jani Nikula
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 08/10] Documentation: add kernel hacking rst Jani Nikula
2016-05-20 13:39 ` Jani Nikula [this message]
2016-05-20 13:39 ` [PATCH 10/10] Documentation: moar files Jani Nikula
2016-05-29 20:33 ` [PATCH 00/10] Documentation/Sphinx Jani Nikula
2016-05-30  9:10   ` Daniel Vetter
2016-05-30 10:47     ` Markus Heiser
2016-05-30 14:46       ` Jani Nikula
2016-05-30 15:29         ` Daniel Vetter
2016-05-30 16:39         ` Markus Heiser
2016-05-30 20:05           ` Jani Nikula
2016-05-30 21:23             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-05-31 10:16               ` Markus Heiser
2016-06-24 10:40                 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-06-27  6:15                   ` Markus Heiser
2016-06-27 17:08                     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-06-29 12:41                       ` Markus Heiser
2016-05-31  7:27             ` Markus Heiser
2016-05-31  8:07               ` Daniel Vetter
2016-05-31  9:39                 ` Markus Heiser
2016-05-31 10:30                   ` Jani Nikula
2016-05-31 11:12                     ` Markus Heiser
2016-06-03 20:47             ` rst2pdf (was [PATCH 00/10] Documentation/Sphinx) Jonathan Corbet
2016-06-07  6:02               ` Markus Heiser
2016-06-07  6:44                 ` Jani Nikula
2016-06-10 17:08                   ` Markus Heiser
2016-06-03 21:04             ` [PATCH 00/10] Documentation/Sphinx Jonathan Corbet
2016-06-03 22:54               ` Daniel Vetter
2016-06-04 11:45               ` Jani Nikula
2016-06-01  1:07     ` Jonathan Corbet
2016-06-01  6:42       ` Daniel Vetter
2016-06-03 20:16 ` Jonathan Corbet
2016-06-03 20:24   ` Daniel Vetter
2016-06-03 20:27     ` Jonathan Corbet
2016-06-04 13:01       ` Jani Nikula
2016-06-04 12:54   ` Jani Nikula

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