Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 27.09.22 18:05, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >> Readers looking for user-oriented information may benefit from it. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/index.rst | 2 ++ >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst >> index 5a700548ae82..85eab6e990ab 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/index.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/index.rst >> @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ developers seeking information on the kernel's user-space APIs. >> User-space tools <tools/index> >> userspace-api/index >> >> +See also: the `Linux man pages <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>`_, >> +which are kept separately from the kernel's own documentation. > > People following that link might be inclined to click on the section 1 > and then find a lot of stuff that has nothing or not much to do with the > kernel and then might feel lost. So how about a text like this instead: > > ``` > See also the `Linux man pages <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>`_, > as that where some of the kernel's documentation is kept. Among it are > for example descriptions of Linux' `system calls > <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_section_2.html>`_ and `devices > <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_section_4.html>`_; the sections > `files <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_section_5.html>`_ and > `overviews, conventions, and miscellaneous > <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_section_7.html>`_ also contain > many documents dedicated to aspects of the kernel. > ``` Honestly, if the landing page for the man pages is not sufficiently clear to guide readers toward their goal, then I think the fix needs to be applied there. Reproducing parts of it on the kernel front page seems like the wrong solution, somehow... Thanks, jon
