* [PATCH] docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage
@ 2021-09-10 14:24 Tom Rini
2021-09-21 17:59 ` Rob Herring
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Tom Rini @ 2021-09-10 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: devicetree, Rob Herring; +Cc: linux-kernel
In an attempt to make it more broadly known that other projects are
equal consumers / users of the device tree bindings, add a note to
submitting patches to say that extra care and consideration may need to
be taken when updating existing bindings.
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
index 8087780f1685..36a17b250ccc 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ I. For patch submitters
string that is matched by the driver (as in the "nvidia,tegra20-pcie"
example above).
+ 9) Bindings are actively used by multiple projects other than the Linux
+ Kernel, extra care and consideration may need to be taken when making changes
+ to existing bindings.
II. For kernel maintainers
==========================
--
2.17.1
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* Re: [PATCH] docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage
2021-09-10 14:24 [PATCH] docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage Tom Rini
@ 2021-09-21 17:59 ` Rob Herring
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From: Rob Herring @ 2021-09-21 17:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom Rini; +Cc: devicetree, Rob Herring, linux-kernel
On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:24:19 -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> In an attempt to make it more broadly known that other projects are
> equal consumers / users of the device tree bindings, add a note to
> submitting patches to say that extra care and consideration may need to
> be taken when updating existing bindings.
>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
> Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
Applied, thanks!
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