From patchwork Fri Sep 10 14:24:19 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Tom Rini X-Patchwork-Id: 508865 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58B4BC433F5 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32B0160FA0 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233702AbhIJOZk (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:25:40 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-f177.google.com ([209.85.160.177]:34597 "EHLO mail-qt1-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233706AbhIJOZj (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:25:39 -0400 Received: by mail-qt1-f177.google.com with SMTP id 2so1558927qtw.1; Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:24:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id; bh=3/lXCTGRjOib0NEqydvUuR/bGgrus2AGOSJiOOia7MY=; b=J8TBX0PCEAlyuBPxrYWFC/j/xYZPY45B1g9zhLMc4yHZheCoRm3cjLaB560jd+Se9r q/UVfjZCrgLl+ki5vfWcr9JTYp1C5J3xYFF+NVeuiXHbzRPITnfTnoZx4kup3Cjw2fF1 UXY9aVRbhSMnCv7VxLDknnWpjD8nz1aNRqrUKSkSz7lqvproWLIvxuW7TyNGUWrXEOHF G9dCcegZvtl1gQ5GeaGdyx9RdOPIo56ftER2JbnWJyrb9pm1KnAYO2ePQTVSDaT3GdoX pndk1NqBdnFNIlgUtjm2d6oSJRW5QpPCQdwUwyk3tp+GfMZUp9q3LUrShnxKocSMdMPg Q5Tw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533aWz9zOqi31qd3gSKzcil2CSLeP/hD2mkP4v2fQJ5Ejqv2eZEd Gbq5Jwfbiv1uzYkx63wNcLpvvuWZhw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwLLwqIpWeQzYq1k7yjFpZImc0ZWD8Y+nVKDluIJN6s8hiRc3X2DQqpYQCvwED182BVKwDPyQ== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:4292:: with SMTP id o18mr8221809qtl.75.1631283865687; Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:24:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bill-the-cat.lan (2603-6081-7b01-cbda-55fd-c014-b2c6-676a.res6.spectrum.com. [2603:6081:7b01:cbda:55fd:c014:b2c6:676a]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b21sm3190527qte.38.2021.09.10.07.24.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:24:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Rini To: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Rob Herring Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:24:19 -0400 Message-Id: <20210910142419.5237-1-trini@konsulko.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org 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 Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tom Rini --- 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 ==========================