> Am 06.12.2017 um 02:45 schrieb Tobin C. Harding <m...@tobin.cc>: > > Documentation/printk-formats.txt is a candidate for conversion to > ReStructuredText format. Some effort has already been made to do this > conversion even thought the suffix is currently .txt > > Changes required to complete conversion > > - Add double backticks where needed. > - Add entry to Documentation/index.rst > - Use flat-table instead of ASCII table.
[...] > +============================================= > +How to Get ``printk`` Format Specifiers Right > +============================================= > > :Author: Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org> > :Author: Andrew Murray <amur...@mpc-data.co.uk> > @@ -8,56 +8,91 @@ How to get printk format specifiers right > Integer types > ============= > > -:: > +For printing integer types, we have the following format specifiers: > + > + .. flat-table:: > + :widths: 2 2 > + > + * - **Type** > + - **Specifier** > + > + * - ``int`` > + - ``%d`` or ``%x`` > + > + * - ``unsigned int`` > + - ``%u`` or ``%x`` > + > + * - ``long`` > + - ``%ld`` or ``%lx`` > + > + * - ``unsigned long`` > + - ``%lu`` or ``%lx`` > + > + * - ``long long`` > + - ``%lld`` or ``%llx`` > > - If variable is of Type, use printk format specifier: > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > - int %d or %x > - unsigned int %u or %x > - long %ld or %lx > - unsigned long %lu or %lx > - long long %lld or %llx > - unsigned long long %llu or %llx > - size_t %zu or %zx > - ssize_t %zd or %zx > - s32 %d or %x > - u32 %u or %x > - s64 %lld or %llx > - u64 %llu or %llx > - > -If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., ``sector_t``, > + * - ``unsigned long long`` > + - ``%llu`` or ``%llx`` > + > + * - ``size_t`` > + - ``%zu`` or ``%zx`` > + > + * - ``ssize_t`` > + - ``%zd`` or ``%zx`` > + > + * - ``s32`` > + - ``%d`` or ``%x`` > + > + * - ``u32`` > + - ``%u`` or ``%x`` > + > + * - ``s64`` > + - ``%lld`` or ``%llx`` > + > + * - ``u64`` > + - ``%llu`` or ``%llx`` > + > + Thanks! just a question .. might it be better we stay with ASCII table in cases like this. I guess this table won't changed often. The flat-table directive is good for big and therefore frequently changed tables where a small precise diff reduce the patch. But flat-table is also hard to read in plain text. Its a balancing and thats my opinion, lets hear what other say ... -- Markus --
