From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D1C3C433F5 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:49:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DBAC6109E for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:49:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233161AbhJLTvh (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:51:37 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49472 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232648AbhJLTvg (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:51:36 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27CDFC061570; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:49:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:104d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CB9D72D3; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:49:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net CB9D72D3 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1634068174; bh=J+VU/Z23eHXA/EXm5a9vouyZ4Lxsf+8UqKzwH+KayRs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=tfgrx9pFnAIoXBvayFLyFIS+/tKl/s1NQ8jmQjVM4bXSUcnk+dDsRnMxVhH//Tjaz 1cKBCYPFxHBhaEgjFovqMVpHaKXleyOqv77+5Ou5WxDmaA2F/5WpoZUgUYDD3RoBMg ArrQUh/7D5OLcUrBVAyGAbK7r0knf4UTs+G2+9y5JybLYTWWb41Ly2fhHWN+B30E5K lDH9eSOxjghTIQZwYKzUs57yXPNxq8h8iPxiHBZZfdAoQhZdamEf49nYX8C22xNaKU 6pKWiUr1LztKBPg/11/9HGtN+l/PGeFdZlkRctYPgvYB1rIKLc5iHinazbk5kM0MTW sRpbylLod2C+A== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Tommaso Merciai Cc: tomm.merciai@gmail.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arjan@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: update file link location In-Reply-To: <20211003220706.7784-1-tomm.merciai@gmail.com> References: <20211003220706.7784-1-tomm.merciai@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:49:34 -0600 Message-ID: <87ee8quipd.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Tommaso Merciai writes: [CC += Arjan just in case] > Fix web error: this site can't be reached > > Signed-off-by: Tommaso Merciai > --- > Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst > index 3861887e0ca5..8413b693d10d 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst > @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Linux USB project: > http://www.linux-usb.org/ > > How to NOT write kernel driver by Arjan van de Ven: > - http://www.fenrus.org/how-to-not-write-a-device-driver-paper.pdf > + https://landley.net/kdocs/ols/2002/ols2002-pages-545-555.pdf This is an OK change, I guess...a working link is better than a broken one. That said, I do have to wonder whether this link needs to be preserved at all. That paper was good advice 19 years ago, but I'm not sure it has much to tell people in 2021; the days of having to tell developers to think about SMP systems are past. I'll apply this for now, though. Thanks, jon