Commit 3a63e9fc authored by Puranjay Mohan's avatar Puranjay Mohan Committed by Jonathan Corbet

Driver-API: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func: Usage

Replace :c:func: with func() as the previous usage is deprecated.
Signed-off-by: default avatarPuranjay Mohan <puranjay12@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200707053252.32703-1-puranjay12@gmail.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 8b1a17c7
......@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ are starting with one. Physical addresses are of type unsigned long.
This address should not be used directly. Instead, to get an address
suitable for passing to the accessor functions described below, you
should call :c:func:`ioremap()`. An address suitable for accessing
should call ioremap(). An address suitable for accessing
the device will be returned to you.
After you've finished using the device (say, in your module's exit
routine), call :c:func:`iounmap()` in order to return the address
routine), call iounmap() in order to return the address
space to the kernel. Most architectures allocate new address space each
time you call :c:func:`ioremap()`, and they can run out unless you
call :c:func:`iounmap()`.
time you call ioremap(), and they can run out unless you
call iounmap().
Accessing the device
--------------------
......@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ readb_relaxed(), readw_relaxed(), readl_relaxed(), readq_relaxed(),
writeb(), writew(), writel() and writeq().
Some devices (such as framebuffers) would like to use larger transfers than
8 bytes at a time. For these devices, the :c:func:`memcpy_toio()`,
:c:func:`memcpy_fromio()` and :c:func:`memset_io()` functions are
8 bytes at a time. For these devices, the memcpy_toio(),
memcpy_fromio() and memset_io() functions are
provided. Do not use memset or memcpy on IO addresses; they are not
guaranteed to copy data in order.
......@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ Accessing Port Space
Accesses to this space are provided through a set of functions which
allow 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit accesses; also known as byte, word and
long. These functions are :c:func:`inb()`, :c:func:`inw()`,
:c:func:`inl()`, :c:func:`outb()`, :c:func:`outw()` and
:c:func:`outl()`.
long. These functions are inb(), inw(),
inl(), outb(), outw() and
outl().
Some variants are provided for these functions. Some devices require
that accesses to their ports are slowed down. This functionality is
provided by appending a ``_p`` to the end of the function.
There are also equivalents to memcpy. The :c:func:`ins()` and
:c:func:`outs()` functions copy bytes, words or longs to the given
There are also equivalents to memcpy. The ins() and
outs() functions copy bytes, words or longs to the given
port.
Public Functions Provided
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