linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 08/26] docs: reporting-bugs: make readers check the taint flag

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Message-ID: <20201118170547.4fabd38b@lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:05:47 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 08/26] docs: reporting-bugs: make readers check
 the taint flag

On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:58:45 +0100
Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info> wrote:

> +If your kernel is tainted, study
> +:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst <taintedkernels>` to find
> +out why. Try to eliminate the reason. Often it's caused by one these three
> +things:

One little detail that jumped at me just now: the automarkup extension now
understands Documentation/whatever and makes a cross-reference, so there's
no need for an explicit :ref: for those.

Thanks,

jon