Re: [PATCH 04/14] ABI: better identificate tables

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Wed Jun 19 2019 - 08:56:49 EST


On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 11:04:10PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When parsing via script, it is important to know if the script
> should consider a description as a literal block that should
> be displayed as-is, or if the description can be considered
> as a normal text.
>
> Change descriptions to ensure that the preceding line of a table
> ends with a colon. That makes easy to identify the need of a
> literal block.

In the cover letter you say that the first four patches of this series,
including this one, "fix some ABI descriptions that are violating the
syntax described at Documentation/ABI/README". This seems a bit harsh,
given that it's you that is now *introducing* a new syntax requirement
to assist your script.

Specifically, this new requirement isn't documented anywhere AFAICT, so
how will anyone adding new ABI descriptions learn about it?

> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-pyra | 2 +-
> .../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-backlight-driver-lm3533 | 6 +++---
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-driver-lm3533 | 8 ++++----
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-leds-gt683r | 4 ++--
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-kone | 2 +-
> 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-pyra b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-pyra
> index 16020b31ae64..5d41ebadf15e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-pyra
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-pyra
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Description: It is possible to switch the cpi setting of the mouse with the
> press of a button.
> When read, this file returns the raw number of the actual cpi
> setting reported by the mouse. This number has to be further
> - processed to receive the real dpi value.
> + processed to receive the real dpi value:
>
> VALUE DPI
> 1 400

Johan