linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] Documentation: kvm: Fix a section number

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Message-ID: <747d9d7d-c500-46f0-b0f8-a157dc7524ad@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:21:02 -0700
From: Xin Li <xin@...or.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: pbonzini@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] Documentation: kvm: Fix a section number

On 4/14/2025 10:05 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> -7.37 KVM_CAP_ARM_WRITABLE_IMP_ID_REGS
>> +7.42 KVM_CAP_ARM_WRITABLE_IMP_ID_REGS
>>   -------------------------------------
> The fix seems fine but ... I have to ask ... do the section numbers buy
> anything here?  We have a documentation system that can do nice
> cross-references when needed, so I'm not sure that these numbers add
> anything other than a bit of manual maintenance hassle.

So you prefer to get rid of the section numbering?

Looks it makes it simpler to maintain the documentation.  But that would
anyway be another serial patches, right?

Thanks!
     Xin