[PATCH] DMI: cleanup kernel-doc, add to DocBook

Add DMI interface functions to a new Firmware Interfaces chapter in the
kernel-api DocBook.  Clean up kernel-doc in drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index 948bd7e1445a..b9e3886d9e16 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -255,10 +255,15 @@ void __init dmi_scan_machine(void)
 /**
  *      dmi_check_system - check system DMI data
  *      @list: array of dmi_system_id structures to match against
+ *              All non-null elements of the list must match
+ *              their slot's (field index's) data (i.e., each
+ *              list string must be a substring of the specified
+ *              DMI slot's string data) to be considered a
+ *              successful match.
  *
  *      Walk the blacklist table running matching functions until someone
  *      returns non zero or we hit the end. Callback function is called for
- *      each successfull match. Returns the number of matches.
+ *      each successful match. Returns the number of matches.
  */
 int dmi_check_system(struct dmi_system_id *list)
 {
@@ -287,7 +292,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_check_system);
 
 /**
  *      dmi_get_system_info - return DMI data value
- *      @field: data index (see enum dmi_filed)
+ *      @field: data index (see enum dmi_field)
  *
  *      Returns one DMI data value, can be used to perform
  *      complex DMI data checks.
@@ -301,13 +306,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_get_system_info);
 /**
  *      dmi_find_device - find onboard device by type/name
  *      @type: device type or %DMI_DEV_TYPE_ANY to match all device types
- *      @desc: device name string or %NULL to match all
+ *      @name: device name string or %NULL to match all
  *      @from: previous device found in search, or %NULL for new search.
  *
  *      Iterates through the list of known onboard devices. If a device is
  *      found with a matching @vendor and @device, a pointer to its device
  *      structure is returned.  Otherwise, %NULL is returned.
- *      A new search is initiated by passing %NULL to the @from argument.
+ *      A new search is initiated by passing %NULL as the @from argument.
  *      If @from is not %NULL, searches continue from next device.
  */
 struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,