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Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:28:20 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@...r.org>,
        Gabriel Somlo <somlo@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: ABI: correct QEMU fw_cfg spec path

Hi Jon,

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:27 PM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
>
> "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?

Sure. Will send a v2.
(I just stumbled upon this when actually following the breadcrumbs
from one to another manually.)

Jason