4 files changed, 10 insertions, 96 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/docbook.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/docbook.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d8bf04308b43..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/docbook.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-DocBook XML [DEPRECATED]
-========================
-
-.. attention::
-
-   This section describes the deprecated DocBook XML toolchain. Please do not
-   create new DocBook XML template files. Please consider converting existing
-   DocBook XML templates files to Sphinx/reStructuredText.
-
-Converting DocBook to Sphinx
-----------------------------
-
-Over time, we expect all of the documents under ``Documentation/DocBook`` to be
-converted to Sphinx and reStructuredText. For most DocBook XML documents, a good
-enough solution is to use the simple ``Documentation/sphinx/tmplcvt`` script,
-which uses ``pandoc`` under the hood. For example::
-
-  $ cd Documentation/sphinx
-  $ ./tmplcvt ../DocBook/in.tmpl ../out.rst
-
-Then edit the resulting rst files to fix any remaining issues, and add the
-document in the ``toctree`` in ``Documentation/index.rst``.
-
-Components of the kernel-doc system
------------------------------------
-
-Many places in the source tree have extractable documentation in the form of
-block comments above functions. The components of this system are:
-
-- ``scripts/kernel-doc``
-
-  This is a perl script that hunts for the block comments and can mark them up
-  directly into reStructuredText, DocBook, man, text, and HTML. (No, not
-  texinfo.)
-
-- ``Documentation/DocBook/*.tmpl``
-
-  These are XML template files, which are normal XML files with special
-  place-holders for where the extracted documentation should go.
-
-- ``scripts/docproc.c``
-
-  This is a program for converting XML template files into XML files. When a
-  file is referenced it is searched for symbols exported (EXPORT_SYMBOL), to be
-  able to distinguish between internal and external functions.
-
-  It invokes kernel-doc, giving it the list of functions that are to be
-  documented.
-
-  Additionally it is used to scan the XML template files to locate all the files
-  referenced herein. This is used to generate dependency information as used by
-  make.
-
-- ``Makefile``
-
-  The targets 'xmldocs', 'psdocs', 'pdfdocs', and 'htmldocs' are used to build
-  DocBook XML files, PostScript files, PDF files, and html files in
-  Documentation/DocBook. The older target 'sgmldocs' is equivalent to 'xmldocs'.
-
-- ``Documentation/DocBook/Makefile``
-
-  This is where C files are associated with SGML templates.
-
-How to use kernel-doc comments in DocBook XML template files
-------------------------------------------------------------
-
-DocBook XML template files (\*.tmpl) are like normal XML files, except that they
-can contain escape sequences where extracted documentation should be inserted.
-
-``!E<filename>`` is replaced by the documentation, in ``<filename>``, for
-functions that are exported using ``EXPORT_SYMBOL``: the function list is
-collected from files listed in ``Documentation/DocBook/Makefile``.
-
-``!I<filename>`` is replaced by the documentation for functions that are **not**
-exported using ``EXPORT_SYMBOL``.
-
-``!D<filename>`` is used to name additional files to search for functions
-exported using ``EXPORT_SYMBOL``.
-
-``!F<filename> <function [functions...]>`` is replaced by the documentation, in
-``<filename>``, for the functions listed.
-
-``!P<filename> <section title>`` is replaced by the contents of the ``DOC:``
-section titled ``<section title>`` from ``<filename>``. Spaces are allowed in
-``<section title>``; do not quote the ``<section title>``.
-
-``!C<filename>`` is replaced by nothing, but makes the tools check that all DOC:
-sections and documented functions, symbols, etc. are used. This makes sense to
-use when you use ``!F`` or ``!P`` only and want to verify that all documentation
-is included.
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst
index 6fff4024606e..a7f95d7d3a63 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ How to write kernel documentation
    sphinx.rst
    kernel-doc.rst
    parse-headers.rst
-   docbook.rst
 
 .. only::  subproject and html
 
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
index b32e4813ff6f..b24854b5d6be 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ Domain`_ references.
 ``%CONST``
   Name of a constant. (No cross-referencing, just formatting.)
 
+````literal````
+  A literal block that should be handled as-is. The output will use a
+  ``monospaced font``.
+
+  Useful if you need to use special characters that would otherwise have some
+  meaning either by kernel-doc script of by reStructuredText.
+
+  This is particularly useful if you need to use things like ``%ph`` inside
+  a function description.
+
 ``$ENVVAR``
   Name of an environment variable. (No cross-referencing, just formatting.)
 
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
index 731334de3efd..84e8e8a9cbdb 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ are used to describe the functions and types and design of the code. The
 kernel-doc comments have some special structure and formatting, but beyond that
 they are also treated as reStructuredText.
 
-There is also the deprecated DocBook toolchain to generate documentation from
-DocBook XML template files under ``Documentation/DocBook``. The DocBook files
-are to be converted to reStructuredText, and the toolchain is slated to be
-removed.
-
 Finally, there are thousands of plain text documentation files scattered around
 ``Documentation``. Some of these will likely be converted to reStructuredText
 over time, but the bulk of them will remain in plain text.