On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 00:15 +0000, Andrew Murray wrote: > From: Andrew Murray <amur...@mpc-data.co.uk> > This patch updates the incomplete documentation concerning the printk > extended format specifiers. > Signed-off-by: Andrew Murray <amur...@mpc-data.co.uk> > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt > b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt [] > @@ -9,7 +9,42 @@ If variable is of Type, use printk format > specifier: > size_t %zu or %zx > ssize_t %zd or %zx > > -Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p. > +Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p. The kernel supports > +the following extended format specifiers for pointer types:
I think it'd be better if each extension were individually described with an example output. > + > + General: > + > + %pF function pointer with offset, e.g. module_start > + %pf function pointer without offset, e.g. module_start+0x0/0x62 > [hello] with/without inversion? > + %pS text symbol with offset > + %ps text symbol without offset > + %pR struct resource with decoded flags, e.g. [mem 0x0-0x1f 64 bit > pref] > + %pr struct resource with raw flags, e.g. [mem 0x0-0x1f flags 0x201] > + > + MAC/FDDI addresses: > + > + %pM colon-seperated 6-byte MAC address in hex notation, e.g. > 00:01:02:03:04:05 spelling: separated > + %pm non-colon-seperated 6-byte MAC address is hex notation, e.g. > 000102030405 > + %pMF 6-byte dash-separated FDDI hex notation > + > + IPv4 addresses: > + > + %pI4 IPv4 dot-seperated decimal without leading 0's, e.g. 1.2.3.4 > + %pi4 IPv4 dot-seperated decimal with leading 0's, 001.002.003.004 > + %p[Ii]4[hl] IPv4 dot-seperated decimal with/without leading 0's for > + host (h), little (l) or network/big (default) endian order > + > + IPv6 addresses: > + %pI6 IPv6 colon-seperated network-order 16 bit hex with leading 0's, > + e.g. 0001:0203:...:0708 > + %pi6 IPv6 non-colon-seperated network-order 16 bit hex with leading > 0's, > + e.g. 000102...0f > + %pI6c IPv6 address as described by > + > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation-00, > + e.g. 1::708 > + > + %pU[bBlL] 16 byte UUID/GUID in big or little endian using lower or > upper case Maybe a simple 2 line table without the e.g.: %p<extension1> sample output1 description1 %p<extension2> sample output2 description2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html