linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/x86: explain LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA

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Message-ID: <aMlzeyu5Apwfp-1j@archie.me>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:26:03 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Hugo Osvaldo Barrera <hugo@...nothugo.nl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Documentation <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux EFI <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/x86: explain LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 07:40:21AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> "Hugo Osvaldo Barrera" <hugo@...nothugo.nl> writes:
> 
> >> +When compiled with ``CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y``, the kernel can be executed 
> >> as a
> >> +regular PE/COFF binary. See Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst for
> >> +implementation details.
> >
> > I must insist that it's a terrible idea to replace an actual link with the
> > name of the source file.
> >
> > This might be (marginally) more convenient for somebody who's editing the
> > documentation, but it becomes completely useless for somebody who's READING
> > the documentation. Documentation needs to target readers.
> >
> > For someone reading https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/arch/x86/boot.html,
> > the above filename conveys no useful information.
> 
> When the documentation is rendered into HTML, that file reference will
> be turned into a link automatically, and people reading it on kernel.org
> will not notice the difference.

That's why I keep the file cross-reference...

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