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Add some guidance documentation about what to do with device tree bindings and how ABI stability is to be handled. Signed-off-by: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> [grant.likely: added some clarification on subsystem binding rules] Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>
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Submitting devicetree (DT) binding patches
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I. For patch submitters
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0) Normal patch submission rules from Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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applies.
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1) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should be a separate patch.
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2) Submit the entire series to the devicetree mailinglist at
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devicetree@vger.kernel.org
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II. For kernel maintainers
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1) If you aren't comfortable reviewing a given binding, reply to it and ask
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the devicetree maintainers for guidance. This will help them prioritize
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which ones to review and which ones are ok to let go.
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2) For driver (not subsystem) bindings: If you are comfortable with the
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binding, and it hasn't received an Acked-by from the devicetree
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maintainers after a few weeks, go ahead and take it.
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Subsystem bindings (anything affecting more than a single device)
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then getting a devicetree maintainer to review it is required.
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3) For a series going though multiple trees, the binding patch should be
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kept with the driver using the binding.
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III. Notes
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0) Please see ...bindings/ABI.txt for details regarding devicetree ABI.
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1) This document is intended as a general familiarization with the process as
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decided at the 2013 Kernel Summit. When in doubt, the current word of the
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devicetree maintainers overrules this document. In that situation, a patch
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updating this document would be appreciated.
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