kernel-doc: rewrite usage description, remove duplicated comments
Instead of having the kernel-doc usage in both comments and in output to
the user, merge them all to one here document. While at it, imrove the
text and make it pretty. Give shoemaker's children some shoes.
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index c37255b..29fd5ca 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -39,41 +39,43 @@
# 25/07/2012 - Added support for HTML5
# -- Dan Luedtke <mail@danrl.de>
-#
-# This will read a 'c' file and scan for embedded comments in the
-# style of gnome comments (+minor extensions - see below).
-#
+sub usage {
+ my $message = <<"EOF";
+Usage: $0 [OPTION ...] FILE ...
-# Note: This only supports 'c'.
+Read C language source or header FILEs, extract embedded documentation comments,
+and print formatted documentation to standard output.
-# usage:
-# kernel-doc [ -docbook | -html | -html5 | -text | -man | -list ]
-# [ -no-doc-sections ]
-# [ -function funcname [ -function funcname ...] ]
-# c file(s)s > outputfile
-# or
-# [ -nofunction funcname [ -function funcname ...] ]
-# c file(s)s > outputfile
-#
-# Set output format using one of -docbook -html -html5 -text or -man.
-# Default is man.
-# The -list format is for internal use by docproc.
-#
-# -no-doc-sections
-# Do not output DOC: sections
-#
-# -function funcname
-# If set, then only generate documentation for the given function(s) or
-# DOC: section titles. All other functions and DOC: sections are ignored.
-#
-# -nofunction funcname
-# If set, then only generate documentation for the other function(s)/DOC:
-# sections. Cannot be used together with -function (yes, that's a bug --
-# perl hackers can fix it 8))
-#
-# c files - list of 'c' files to process
-#
-# All output goes to stdout, with errors to stderr.
+The documentation comments are identified by "/**" opening comment mark. See
+Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt for the documentation comment syntax.
+
+Output format selection (mutually exclusive):
+ -docbook Output DocBook format.
+ -html Output HTML format.
+ -html5 Output HTML5 format.
+ -list Output symbol list format. This is for use by docproc.
+ -man Output troff manual page format. This is the default.
+ -text Output plain text format.
+
+Output selection (mutually exclusive):
+ -function NAME Only output documentation for the given function(s)
+ or DOC: section title(s). All other functions and DOC:
+ sections are ignored. May be specified multiple times.
+ -nofunction NAME Do NOT output documentation for the given function(s);
+ only output documentation for the other functions and
+ DOC: sections. May be specified multiple times.
+
+Output selection modifiers:
+ -no-doc-sections Do not output DOC: sections.
+
+Other parameters:
+ -v Verbose output, more warnings and other information.
+ -h Print this help.
+
+EOF
+ print $message;
+ exit 1;
+}
#
# format of comments.
@@ -437,17 +439,6 @@
# continue execution near EOF;
-sub usage {
- print "Usage: $0 [ -docbook | -html | -html5 | -text | -man | -list ]\n";
- print " [ -no-doc-sections ]\n";
- print " [ -function funcname [ -function funcname ...] ]\n";
- print " [ -nofunction funcname [ -nofunction funcname ...] ]\n";
- print " [ -v ]\n";
- print " c source file(s) > outputfile\n";
- print " -v : verbose output, more warnings & other info listed\n";
- exit 1;
-}
-
# get kernel version from env
sub get_kernel_version() {
my $version = 'unknown kernel version';