[PATCH v2 04/15] docs: enable Sphinx autodoc extension to allow documenting python

Mauro Carvalho Chehab posted 15 patches 3 weeks, 3 days ago
[PATCH v2 04/15] docs: enable Sphinx autodoc extension to allow documenting python
Posted by Mauro Carvalho Chehab 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Adding python documentation is simple with Sphinx: all we need
is to include the ext.autodoc extension and add the directories
where the Python code sits at the sys.path.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/conf.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index f62982f83501..687c61e9ac7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ kern_doc_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 # Add location of Sphinx extensions
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(kern_doc_dir, "sphinx"))
 
+# Allow sphinx.ext.autodoc to document files at tools and scripts
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(kern_doc_dir, "..", "tools"))
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(kern_doc_dir, "..", "scripts"))
+
 # Minimal supported version
 needs_sphinx = "3.4.3"
 
@@ -149,6 +153,7 @@ extensions = [
     "maintainers_include",
     "parser_yaml",
     "rstFlatTable",
+    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel",
     "sphinx.ext.ifconfig",
     "translations",
-- 
2.52.0