Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/x86: explain LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

["Hugo Osvaldo Barrera" <hugo@whynothugo.nl>]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2025, at 15:40, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> "Hugo Osvaldo Barrera" <hugo@whynothugo.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.
>

Thanks for the clarification.
I mis-interpreted this previously.
Sorry for the noise.


-- 
Hugo