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Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:33:34 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To:     Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] backlight: ili922x: Add missing kerneldoc
 descriptions for CHECK_FREQ_REG() args
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2020, Daniel Thompson wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 03:57:16PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Kerneldoc syntax is used, but not complete.  Descriptions required.
> > 
> > Prevents warnings like:
> > 
> >  drivers/video/backlight/ili922x.c:116: warning: Function parameter or member 's' not described in 'CHECK_FREQ_REG'
> >  drivers/video/backlight/ili922x.c:116: warning: Function parameter or member 'x' not described in 'CHECK_FREQ_REG'
> > 
> > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> > Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
> > Cc: Software Engineering <sbabic@denx.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/video/backlight/ili922x.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/ili922x.c b/drivers/video/backlight/ili922x.c
> > index 9c5aa3fbb2842..8cb4b9d3c3bba 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/backlight/ili922x.c
> > +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/ili922x.c
> > @@ -107,6 +107,8 @@
> >   *	lower frequency when the registers are read/written.
> >   *	The macro sets the frequency in the spi_transfer structure if
> >   *	the frequency exceeds the maximum value.
> > + * @s: pointer to controller side proxy for an SPI slave device
> 
> What's wrong with "a pointer to an SPI device"?
> 
> I am aware, having looked it up to find out what the above actually
> means, that this is how struct spi_device is described in its own kernel
> doc but quoting at that level of detail of both overkill and confusing.

I figured that using the official description would be better than
making something up.  However if you think it's better to KISS, then I
can change it.

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