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Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:27:14 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@...r.org>,
        Gabriel Somlo <somlo@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: ABI: correct QEMU fw_cfg spec path

"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com> writes:

> A few weeks ago, QEMU switched docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt to be
> docs/specs/fw_cfg.rst, so update the reference in the kernel docs to
> reflect this.
>
> Cc: Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@...r.org>
> Cc: Gabriel Somlo <somlo@....edu>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg
> index ee0d6dbc810e..7cbce4af6346 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-qemu_fw_cfg
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description:
>  		configuration data to the guest userspace.
>  
>  		The authoritative guest-side hardware interface documentation
> -		to the fw_cfg device can be found in "docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt"
> +		to the fw_cfg device can be found in "docs/specs/fw_cfg.rst"
>  		in the QEMU source tree.

This is a worthy change, but is there any chance we could provide a URL
instead so that people don't have to go finding the QEMU source to get
the information they need?

Thanks,

jon