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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dmx-mmap.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dmx-mmap.rst
index 828ba9df73e2..8826c6226fb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dmx-mmap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dmx-mmap.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
-.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
-.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
-.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
-.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
-.. Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst.
-..
-.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
+.. c:namespace:: DTV.dmx
.. _dmx-mmap:
@@ -28,9 +22,7 @@ Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
-
.. c:function:: void *mmap( void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset )
- :name: dmx-mmap
Arguments
=========
@@ -61,7 +53,7 @@ Arguments
``MAP_FIXED`` requests that the driver selects no other address than
the one specified. If the specified address cannot be used,
- :ref:`mmap() <dmx-mmap>` will fail. If ``MAP_FIXED`` is specified,
+ :c:func:`mmap()` will fail. If ``MAP_FIXED`` is specified,
``start`` must be a multiple of the pagesize. Use of this option is
discouraged.
@@ -76,17 +68,16 @@ Arguments
flags.
``fd``
- File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <dmx_fopen>`.
+ File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`.
``offset``
Offset of the buffer in device memory, as returned by
:ref:`DMX_QUERYBUF` ioctl.
-
Description
===========
-The :ref:`mmap() <dmx-mmap>` function asks to map ``length`` bytes starting at
+The :c:func:`mmap()` function asks to map ``length`` bytes starting at
``offset`` in the memory of the device specified by ``fd`` into the
application address space, preferably at address ``start``. This latter
address is a hint only, and is usually specified as 0.
@@ -95,13 +86,12 @@ Suitable length and offset parameters are queried with the
:ref:`DMX_QUERYBUF` ioctl. Buffers must be allocated with the
:ref:`DMX_REQBUFS` ioctl before they can be queried.
-To unmap buffers the :ref:`munmap() <dmx-munmap>` function is used.
-
+To unmap buffers the :c:func:`munmap()` function is used.
Return Value
============
-On success :ref:`mmap() <dmx-mmap>` returns a pointer to the mapped buffer. On
+On success :c:func:`mmap()` returns a pointer to the mapped buffer. On
error ``MAP_FAILED`` (-1) is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set
appropriately. Possible error codes are: