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| author | Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> | 2018-06-05 16:37:47 -0600 |
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| committer | Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> | 2018-06-05 16:37:47 -0600 |
| commit | 44acf10587907ff77c28fd97906220b2d8eb4f05 (patch) | |
| tree | 39a372647b12376616e7b944d16d2f85f84a938c /Documentation | |
| parent | 522811e944ed9b36806faa019faec10f9d259cca (diff) | |
| download | linux-44acf10587907ff77c28fd97906220b2d8eb4f05.tar.bz2 | |
dt-bindings: submitting-patches: add guidance on patch content and subject
Clarify that binding patches should also include include/dt-bindings/*
as part of them. The binding doc defines the ABI and the includes are
part of that. Add some details on the preferred subject prefix and
contents.
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt index 274058c583dd..de0d6090c0fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt @@ -6,7 +6,14 @@ I. For patch submitters 0) Normal patch submission rules from Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst applies. - 1) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should be a separate patch. + 1) The Documentation/ and include/dt-bindings/ portion of the patch should + be a separate patch. The preferred subject prefix for binding patches is: + + "dt-bindings: <binding dir>: ..." + + The 80 characters of the subject are precious. It is recommended to not + use "Documentation" or "doc" because that is implied. All bindings are + docs. Repeating "binding" again should also be avoided. 2) Submit the entire series to the devicetree mailinglist at |