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diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst index b178857866f8..14c226e8154f 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst @@ -452,3 +452,37 @@ file. Data structures visible in kernel include files should also be documented using kernel-doc formatted comments. + +How to use kernel-doc to generate man pages +------------------------------------------- + +If you just want to use kernel-doc to generate man pages you can do this +from the Kernel git tree:: + + $ scripts/kernel-doc -man $(git grep -l '/\*\*' |grep -v Documentation/) | ./split-man.pl /tmp/man + +Using the small ``split-man.pl`` script below:: + + + #!/usr/bin/perl + + if ($#ARGV < 0) { + die "where do I put the results?\n"; + } + + mkdir $ARGV[0],0777; + $state = 0; + while (<STDIN>) { + if (/^\.TH \"[^\"]*\" 9 \"([^\"]*)\"/) { + if ($state == 1) { close OUT } + $state = 1; + $fn = "$ARGV[0]/$1.9"; + print STDERR "Creating $fn\n"; + open OUT, ">$fn" or die "can't open $fn: $!\n"; + print OUT $_; + } elsif ($state != 0) { + print OUT $_; + } + } + + close OUT; |