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| author |   Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> | 2021-09-10 10:24:19 -0400 |
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| committer |   Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> | 2021-09-21 12:59:15 -0500 |
| commit | c9dcc63e23fe3a3d321c4883c7824cc4d93f5dfe (patch) | |
| tree | 0ca9793babe17a2085638422258aeaf8e64ba5e2 /Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst | |
| parent | dt-bindings: riscv: correct e51 and u54-mc CPU bindings (diff) | |
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docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage
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>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210910142419.5237-1-trini@konsulko.com
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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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 ========================== |