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author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2015-03-23 09:18:27 -0700 |
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committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2015-03-23 09:18:27 -0700 |
commit | 188933ac139a6f8ab06cad369bd0200af947b00d (patch) | |
tree | c4c107528fcf6b82e32a93b0596e13eea7aa9385 /Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt | |
parent | 4ed0e032c3cf27c6fabc154164d003c4e0ac4654 (diff) | |
parent | bc465aa9d045feb0e13b4a8f32cc33c1943f62d6 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'v4.0-rc5' into next
Merge with the latest upstream to synchronize Synaptics changes
and bring in new infrastructure pieces.
Conflicts:
drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt index b7ba01ad1426..7d44eae7ab0b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt @@ -12,9 +12,35 @@ I. For patch submitters devicetree@vger.kernel.org + and Cc: the DT maintainers. Use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to identify + all of the DT maintainers. + 3) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should come in the series before the code implementing the binding. + 4) Any compatible strings used in a chip or board DTS file must be + previously documented in the corresponding DT binding text file + in Documentation/devicetree/bindings. This rule applies even if + the Linux device driver does not yet match on the compatible + string. [ checkpatch will emit warnings if this step is not + followed as of commit bff5da4335256513497cc8c79f9a9d1665e09864 + ("checkpatch: add DT compatible string documentation checks"). ] + + 5) The wildcard "<chip>" may be used in compatible strings, as in + the following example: + + - compatible: Must contain '"nvidia,<chip>-pcie", + "nvidia,tegra20-pcie"' where <chip> is tegra30, tegra132, ... + + As in the above example, the known values of "<chip>" should be + documented if it is used. + + 6) If a documented compatible string is not yet matched by the + driver, the documentation should also include a compatible + string that is matched by the driver (as in the "nvidia,tegra20-pcie" + example above). + + II. For kernel maintainers 1) If you aren't comfortable reviewing a given binding, reply to it and ask |