Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf, doc: use internal linking for link to netdev FAQ

[Bagas Sanjaya]

On 3/13/23 21:32, David Vernet wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 08:27:11AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> David Vernet <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>>> In this specific case, though, there is a better solution.  Text like:
>>>>
>>>>   see the netdev FAQ (Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst)
>>>>
>>>> will add links in the built docs, and also tells readers of the
>>>> plain-text files where they should be looking.  Without adding warnings.
>>>
>>> Nice, seems like the best of both worlds. A syntax clarification
>>> question: are you saying that this would work?
>>>
>>>> see the `netdev-FAQ`_.
>>>>
>>>>   <snip>
>>>>
>>>> .. _netdev-FAQ: Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
>>>
>>> Or is it required to have the full path inline in the text, as in your
>>> example:
>>>
>>>>   see the netdev FAQ (Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst)
>>>
>>> The benefit of the former is of course that you only have to specify the
>>> link in one place.
>>
>> Yeah, but the latter is what we actually have.
> 
> Ack, just wanted to make sure I understood the suggestion. I think this
> is just fine. There's really no need to add 5 - 6 links in the same file
> anyways.
> 
> Bagas would you be OK with submitting a v2 patch which changes the first
> instance of the `netdev-FAQ`_ to netdev FAQ
> (Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst) per Jon's suggestion?
> 

The target is actually netdev subsytem documentation, however, so I need
to change the wording surrounding the link.

Thanks!

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