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@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ ugly), but try to avoid excess. Instead, put the comments at the head
of the function, telling people what it does, and possibly WHY it does
it.
+When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kerneldoc format.
+See the files Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt and scripts/kernel-doc
+for details.
Chapter 8: You've made a mess of it