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[209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id z8si3153583pgo.150.2018.02.13.02.03.43; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:03:58 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933836AbeBMKCr (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:02:47 -0500 Received: from mga12.intel.com ([192.55.52.136]:41165 "EHLO mga12.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933691AbeBMKBu (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:01:50 -0500 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Feb 2018 02:01:49 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,507,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="30353526" Received: from pjajee-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.249.33.152]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2018 02:01:47 -0800 From: Jani Nikula To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Jonathan Corbet , "open list\:DOCUMENTATION" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , tcharding Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] docs: kernel-doc: Move STATE_BODY processing to a separate function In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo References: <20180207172624.24555-1-corbet@lwn.net> <20180207172624.24555-6-corbet@lwn.net> <877erma4oy.fsf@intel.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:01:43 +0200 Message-ID: <87y3jxky2g.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 09 Feb 2018, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 1:32 AM, Jani Nikula wrote: >>> + # miguel-style comment kludge, look for blank lines after >>> + # @parameter line to signify start of description >> >> The "miguel-style" always intrigued me, but its origin predates git >> history. Does anyone know? > > It came with the original script in 2.3.52-pre1, somewhere around March 2000. > > (Historical footnote: there was no actual 2.3.52 ever released - it > was supposed turn into 2.4, but there was a long line of 2.3.99-pre > kernels before that then finally happened early 2001). > > But no, back then we didn't track things well enough to have an actual > reason. And even with git, we probably wouldn't have had a reason > since it came in the initial patch. > > You'd have to go search emails if you really care. That "around March > 2000" would at least give you a starting point for searches. Thanks for the background digging! I had a cursory look at the list archives, nothing much jumped at me but I found that the script was originally called gdoc. A little googling revealed that other forks of the script predating inclusion to the kernel also included the comment. I'll bet whoever added that didn't think someone would wonder about it two decades later. BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center