From nobody Thu Sep 24 20:03:13 2026 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16EF3340DB0 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:45:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789965964; cv=none; b=ERCxqLsXNmhCutfqzNkHzMXrWaWIgNnGXLt1Axl2reTLQEoLbkRl9MsdSczoMaqTA9blcFMaN93nsVSS1sZifDbLWM49BUH/Ea0Bld0qzMCn8XnMxq798uFR8VoC3LSy9vxdOGmCPr9TaQ20AGwdciUSXkQYiqOtTMwd4yYi6N4= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789965964; c=relaxed/simple; bh=tSW0xi6H90v70y06pFGW1xsaa4aHKqbJPW12mP4qadM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=mPgHyTy040+o+s8HjFNx4URfAnKZDJR67tdN5wn4FARwZHCY9rul2dW/IrfokXB2dfbk82KinAl2LMdkAO8cKnuuqwaYCVfzcphX5fbHxGsQrl8a87LXEu/o5foOtPIhXys5m45EQIGaa3kSUQ5Nr3zc//AYqRft+JvirYobu2U= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b=KEJWj9f/; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="KEJWj9f/" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-ID:Content-Description:In-Reply-To:References; bh=Jc3d/hniVBdnamx4RuF2pd5ZOvSkp+a/d5A38FTQZiE=; b=KEJWj9f/u4HSlmpP23wU0e2Aun tnV4phamj/Ry3Eb/xS88O+PkIse0esEMpat3JOm0pa2/316kHyox0/2IusbnJ0mmNFKGp+JSxEnHU CkMCpmTXNrDYEx7MpuTsTZLLQYiyv2wuH3pGPuS5X/sCqyeA2vwUyKCx6L1tcHwc4TuNH9ej+GaRC aUgzRReuUImkeVkOTUU+zHz5Xdl3fC+qbnrETy1/HEp87pa3sd3DZ1HbEbwASfM+W4cNHuxvX9/cn KD0fWQBqgttypH5KDpjVylHIoKTOd6nBcNHzaDTJVgUAmatUNpk+jUTJId5CLTe4UQgvwt9ncjBrZ kyQ37aSQ==; Received: from [50.53.43.113] (helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1x8Vuf-00000000qxu-0Cs2; Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:45:57 +0000 From: Randy Dunlap To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Randy Dunlap , =?UTF-8?q?Jean-Fran=C3=A7ois=20Lessard?= , Andy Shevchenko , Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: [PATCH] docs: ABI: auxdisplay: use literal blocks for commands Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:45:54 -0700 Message-ID: <20260921044555.90187-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Use literal blocks for console I/O to separate it from the surrounding text. Otherwise the lines run together, without any clear break before or after the commands. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- Cc: Jean-Fran=C3=A7ois Lessard Cc: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-auxdisplay-linedisp | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- linux-next-20260918.orig/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-auxdisplay-lin= edisp +++ linux-next-20260918/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-auxdisplay-linedisp @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Description: =20 Writing an empty string clears the display. =20 - Example: + Example:: + echo "Hello World" > message cat message # Returns "Hello World\n" =20 @@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ Description: Read-only attribute showing the character width capacity of the line display device. Messages longer than this will scroll. =20 - Example: + Example:: + cat num_chars # Returns "16\n" for 16-char display =20 What: /sys/.../scroll_step_ms @@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ Description: =20 Setting to 0 disables scrolling. Default is 500ms. =20 - Example: + Example:: + echo "250" > scroll_step_ms # 4Hz scrolling cat scroll_step_ms # Returns "250\n" =20