On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 07:02:26AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
Conor Dooley [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst
index a885713cf184..93ec82f78ae5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. _devicetree-abi:
Somehow we've developed this habit of putting labels at the top of each
file; I really think that they just add clutter and are best left out.
Without the label, this reference:
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+Perhaps one of the most important things to highlight is that dt-bindings
+document the ABI between the devicetree and the kernel. Please see
+:ref:`devicetree-abi` more information on the ABI.
...can just be written as "Please see
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst". The cross-reference link
will be generated as expected, and readers of the plain-text docs don't
have to go grepping to find the reference.
Sure. As someone who does read these things in their editor that sounds
preferable to me. I didn't know that I could do that, as the whole
"building the docs" thing is new to me ;)
I'll wait a bit before resubmitting for obvious reasons.
Cheers,
Conor.