Re: [PATCH v10 06/14] docs: use parser_yaml extension to handle Netlink specs

From: Kory Maincent
Date: Thu Aug 28 2025 - 13:03:27 EST


Le Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:50:37 +0200,
Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Le Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:01:59 +0200,
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> > Instead of manually calling ynl_gen_rst.py, use a Sphinx extension.
> > This way, no .rst files would be written to the Kernel source
> > directories.
> >
> > We are using here a toctree with :glob: property. This way, there
> > is no need to touch the netlink/specs/index.rst file every time
> > a new Netlink spec is added/renamed/removed.
>
> ...
>
> > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst
> > b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index ac90b82f3ce9..b7a4969e9bc9 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst
> > @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Contents:
> > filter
> > generic-hdlc
> > generic_netlink
> > - netlink_spec/index
> > + ../netlink/specs/index
>
> Faced a doc build warning that say netlink_spec/index.rst is not used.
>
> $ git grep netlink_spec
> Documentation/networking/mptcp.rst:netlink_spec/mptcp_pm.rst.
> Documentation/translations/zh_CN/networking/index.rst:* netlink_spec/index
>
> I think we can remove the whole directory and change these, right?

Oops just saw that is was some local leftover. This first warning get removed
with a clean tree.

> Also got a doc build warning that says netlink/specs/index is not existing
> even if it exists. Maybe a sphinx parsing issue ?!


>
> Regards,



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